kent - i already set that to "collapsed threads" no I am refering to collapsed threads in the new "todays active topics" area (really: posts from last 24 hours thingy) ... don't like how all the threads are broken-out by reply, like the old way where modified topics would just move to the head of the list. As it is now, there is way too much info in that list. Think this would be a global board setting (if it existed).