linear display mode default?

So this has bugged me ever since I signed up...

I post a lot of links to the great tech here on FB, trying to combat the snapchat/instagram mentality. If you're not signed in, you get some weird view. I remember when I first got here trying to make sense of it, until I figured out the 'display modes' dropdown.

Why isn't the default 'linear', like every other Vbulletin forum in the world?

Really no skin off my nose, but I'd like to make this place as easy as possible for the "Oh, look, a squirrel!" crowd...

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/membe...splay-type.png

this is a great point...let me look at this a bit...

I guess I have to search more...cant find any option to change this...dont see a setting anywhere to affect it universally....

I do see that in my userCP I can change it to different modes but mine is already set on linear...though it doesnt look like what you show the pic of...

Where did you change your setting and can you verify for me what you set it to?

THANKS!!

Log out, then go back to the same page. It'll look like my pic, with the last post in a big window at the bottom. I just tried it on this thread...

You can change it to normal with the 'Display Modes V' dropdown on the right- if you know to do that, as a new user.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/foru...ode-for-guests

BTW, just to clarify...

I'm talking about people who have never been here before, just clicked a link. They get that weird mess I posted above.

They can change it with the dropdown, or sign up and change it in UserCP, but your average drive-by viewer won't know that.

And:
How To Set Defaults for New and Existing Users
But that's registered users, so I don't know if it has anything to do with guests...

Just to add to this I can say that I use tabbed browsing a lot. Sometimes when I search google it brings me to the "zone" in a new tab. Even if I'm already logged in on a different tab it will display the way Subybaja posted.

If it helps I mainly use Firefox in Linux as my OS. I have tried it in Windows though and have had the same results.

Try it now.

I haven't done extensive testing but in Chrome seems to default to linear mode.

Neat, looks like you got it! At least on Android/Firefox.

Funny part about making this change. It didn't actual say 'use linear by default'. It was only showing the other options, and you had to find and turn those OFF to get it to go with linear by default.
So, not a straight forward 'turn this on' kind of option.

Thanks Hammer! Now i know why i didnt find it...