We had post numbers in the initial design, but had to pull them later as we couldn’t figure out where to fit them. Nobody complained! You can get post number at any time by clicking the link button – the browser’s URL also always reflects the current post number, it is updated in real time as you scroll.
Well, the intent is that you read the entire topic and reply after reading everything – scrolling with the composer up as you read to the bottom. So that conflicts a bit.
The point of the in-place expansions is that you can smoothly flow downward with gravity toward the bottom of the topic. The minute you start bouncing up in time, or down in time, that flow is broken. It’s possible, yes, but it’s not the intent. We want your eye point to stay laser focused on where you are right now, as you inexorably flow down toward the pot o’ gold at the end of the topic – your reply!
(And as a further reward for your read-all-the-way-to-the-bottom prowess, even more stuff to read in the Suggested Topics, because Reading is Fundamental.)
