Ok, I've been on here for a long time, as long as 13 plus years. Way back when you could get new posts as an e-mail, rather than dealing with slow dial up. There has been at least two previous software versions before what we use today. Messing around today I discovered something, but first let me tell you how I use this forum most days. I have a bookmark for the link that you find at the top that shows the LAST DAY. I scroll down the list of threads and when I see something I want to read I click on it. I then read the thread by scrolling up/down, on longer threads that I have been reading for the last few days I'll click on a posters name just under the heading so that I jump passing up most of what I've already read in the past days to save time. After I've read that thread I hit my back button to return to the main list and look for more stuff to read. Repeating the same over and over.
This is what I found today, and I'm passing this along as I may make/save time for you. If you already knew this good for you but this dog - old dog just found out about this. See the pic below:
On the line where my name is displayed there at the beginning a set of symbols in a bark blue. Roll your pointer over them and you will see that in fact they are links to navigate the page, the first one will take you to the top of the page, the last one will take you to the bottom, with the middle two next posting up or down.
I also some times read this forum by opening the thread I want to read in a new window then close it rather than hit the back arrow. If you use your back button, after using the two middle links you'll find that each click will be recorded and if you use the back button it will take you to the previous read entry, and so when done in a new window you can close it and return to the start window and minimize the saved info so you can still read as fast as you want.