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I was reading the thread "Logic Level MOSFET Question" namely:

http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,49993.0.html

Then I hit the "next" button at the end of the page to continue reading, taking me to this page:

http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,49993.0/prev_next,next.html#new

However although the "thread number" seemed to be the same (49993) it switched me to a discussion about water valves, titled "Looking for an electrically actuated water valve" (which actually seems to be thread 50046).

Then if I hit "previous" from page 2 of "Looking for an electrically actuated water valve" it takes me back to page 1 of "Logic Level MOSFET Question" (although the URL now says 50046).

[Reply #1 on:]

This is just a feature of the forum software, hitting next takes you to the next thread. To navigate through pages of a thread you need to click the page numbers on the bottom left of the page.

[Reply #2 on:]

Oh, right. How confusing. Can't it say "next thread"?

In any case, why does going from page 1 of thread A take you to page 2 of thread B? How useful is that? I mean, when reading about MOSFETs the discussion switches to "ball valves" when I hit "next" but it was on page 2 of the ball valves thread, with quotes and stuff, so it looked like I had just changed pages, until the context made me look back up to the forum title.

I simply can't think of a reason why you would want to jump from part-way in one thread to part-way in a different thread.

I am used to forums where to read through a thread you just hit a "next" button, otherwise you have to work out the current page, add one to it, and then find that number. Not too mentally taxing I know, but the "next" button saves you that trouble.

[Reply #3 on:]

I am going to look into this, if it is as you describe it, then it is a bug

[Reply #4 on:]

I think you jump to the first unread post in the next/previous thread