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TOC "Browse topics" behavior is rather wacky, I would say.

On the top of the page, (when clicked) it would display in the order of edit (newest at the bottom), while the threads itself is in reverse order (newest at the top). If it stop at that I would not complain. But then (while the TOC is open) when I scroll to the bottom, suddenly the TOC changed its behaviour and reordered everything in reverse (newest, current section at the top), which suddenly disorient me and while I understand the intention of the devs, I wouldn't be able to get accustomed to that.

Plus, the TOC is blocking the view, while about 40% space in the right hand side of the screen is left empty (I'm using monobook btw, if that's matter). Wouldn't it be better to put the TOC on the right?

Steps: 1. Go to the top of the page 2. Click "Browse topics" (TOC) 3. Scroll to the bottom of the TOC 4. While the TOC is opened, scroll down the page a little bit (probably until the next section or two), until the TOC flipped, the TOC is suddenly scrolled to the top of the TOC 5. Scroll up again, and it's magically flipped again Repeat 4 and 5 to get yourself dizzy. Which way is up? Which way is down?

There are two possible orders for the board, "Newest topics" (the topics that were *started* most recently) and "Recently active topics" (the topics that had *activity* most recently, anything from being started, to a reply, etc.). You can change this in the top right (next to Browse topics).

Note, neither neither of these are meant to have newest at the bottom. Either the newest topic is at the top, or the most recently active topic is at the top.

However, the TOC and board should always use the same order. Note that when you scroll the page, the TOC also scrolls at the same time, showing you where you are in the board. However, you can still scroll wherever you want in the TOC manually as well.

If the order really is inconsistent, that's a bug. To help us track that down, can you tell us:

1. What board does it happen on? 2. Which order are you using? 3. What are the first 3 topics of the page, and first 3 of the TOC? 4. When did you do this test?

Also note that if someone changes the board in the meantime, that may lead to some minor discrepancies as new topics are loaded (pagination, essentially). This will not lead to a full-scale flip, though.

As I checked again today, I didn't notice the wackiness anymore. Thanks.