The easiest way not to miss things is to just toggle between the 'new discussions' and 'latest posts' *points up and slightly left*.
I never really use the forum topics button unless I either feel like staying in my cave or am searching for something specific.
Oh and on that topic, the search function is shit, and I mean really shit. Don't bother, just PM someone who might know.
For the morons out there who haven't found out how to quote... Just go to the post from the person you want to quote and click on 'quote' at the bottom of their post; then when you come to make your post, the quotation marks in your toolbar will have turned from blue to red. Click on it and the quote will appear in your text, just carry on the conversation....
Edited: 19/02/2011 at 15:45