Mod, I dig the new "Previous/Next" feature!

I like it. It got me thinking, too. It would be GREAT if you could also add a "Related Threads" box directly underneath (or instead of) the "Previous/Next" box. I suggest that you weight the relevance of the "Related Threads" in this order of priority:

1. matching keywords in title;
2. matching keywords on first page of posts.

It will make referencing much easier. If you can set to "5" the default number of related threads to display, that would be awesome.

Thanks

Having had some background in web design, I see both positives and negatives in including similar threads.

The positives: everything is visible right on the page.

The negatives:

- page would load slower (there are many operations to get the related topics and these operations would have to be performed on each page refresh/reload),

- it would be limited to a few related threads only (maybe up to 10), otherwise the page would be too long. But the algorithm is not perfect and it would miss the most important threads if it was to present only up to 10 related threads. So it's probably better that the feature lists ALL related threads.

But you're right, maybe it will be be possible to make it more convenient. Maybe the link should be aligned to the left or something.

Re: load time

Yeah, that's partly why I suggested only 5. Also, if the algo only has to search the title and first page of posts, I don't think it will slow down the site much, if at all. Plus, there are probably caching add-ons available. Worst case scenario: search only titles. If there are zero matches, don't display the "Related Threads" box at all.


Re: missing relevant threads

If the algo gives significantly more weight to titles than posts (e.g., 2:1), I don't think that any super-relavent threads will be missed.