Where is the "Open thread in a pop-up" link?

[X.]

When answering a multipage thread, it is sometimes useful to check early (or late) posts. It used to be possible to open the thread in a separate tab or window, by using a "open thread in a separate pop-up" (or similar) link on the answer page.

This appears to be gone, requiring a new, complex navigation (on a separate page) through the forum menu to the Idea Exchange, to the Idea... You get my point.

PS: Is anybody beta testing the forum layout or are you relishing the outcry from unsuspecting users?

[LiliMcDonald]

If you are referring to the "view discussion in a popup" link when replying, it is still there under the attachments button. Here's what I see in Firefox on Windows 7.

If you're not seeing this, please provide information on what web browser and OS you are using.

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X. wrote: Is anybody beta testing the forum layout or are you relishing the outcry from unsuspecting users?

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We did testing internally and has external testers as well. I imagine some issues are harder to see when you don't have a lot of live content to navigate and use.

[X.]

I am trying to answer to this thread (I thought I had as a matter of fact, but can't see a trace of this answer to my profile): https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Please-add-Front-panel-Control-value-set-with-signali...

When I go there, I am told that there are 16 comments to that idea. I can only see the first 10 in my browser (Safari 9.1.2) and have no way to move on to the second page of comments (that's another biggie).

The only way I have found is to find my latest post in that thread (which turned out to be the 13th, hence on the second page.

From there, I cannot find any such link as you show (but I can see it in this thread):

There is no View 

[LiliMcDonald]

The missing button to view more comments on an idea is a known issue. We're working to resolve this one.

You don't see the "view discussion in a popup" option on the idea because only discusison topics have that option.

[X.]

That latter answer is not a good answer. I assume you mean this is a bug to be fixed.

[LiliMcDonald]

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@X. wrote:

That latter answer is not a good answer. I assume you mean this is a bug to be fixed.

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Sorry, which part are you referring to exactly? The bug with the missing page buttons for idea comments is being worked on.

There is no bug with the "view discussion in a popup" functionality -- because this functionality never existed in the first place on the Idea Exchange. Screenshot of the old design of an idea page:

[X.]

I'll have to trust you on this, because that really struck me as an oddity when I tried to answer a thread this morning.

If that is the case, I would humbly suggest there is no logical reason why the IE threads should behave any differently than the others.