Hi serfty

Thanks for your reply. What I meant was: Instead of opening each thread / topic to see what it is all about, is there a way to just put the mouse over the topic line and read its first few sentences? So that I don't waste time opening up a thread, if I am not interested in reading it. In a number of forums I visit, they are set up so that when I put the mouse over the subject thread, a box appears with the first few lines from the starter - this is useful as the subject can be ambiguous.

Here is an example of one of these forums, you can just put your mouse over each topic thread and see what it is about - http://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/active