Digital BW, The Print

This forums' design is so difficult for newcomers like me to 
negotiate and I wish the webmaster would do something about it. 

For example why does it have to be a big rassling match to read a 
complete thread? You go to a subject and instead of follow ups right 
below the initial submission there's nothing to direct you to them. 
If you submit a reply, it simply vanishes! 

So many messages automatically include the same long, confusing, and 
purely dumb request, etc "...if you want to unsubscribe...yadda 
yadda etc" tacked onto the end of the message. Over and over, yet!

Then when you finally get to the next thread in your face you get an 
animated advertisement and a question asking you if you want to go 
the next thread! 

 Yeah, so I'm old and plenty cranky. I tell it like I see it. What I 
see here is a forum that frustrates as much as it informs. A forum 
should attract readers, not drive them away.

Webmaster, will you please give us a break?