an other cool trick is, to set display preferences to Post Header Top (not side) then the info about who posted in in a few lines across the top, and threads are less likely to Wide-- when someone has a long-ish URL posted..
(PS-- view this thread in threaded mode, an you'll see, this post is in response to Hyla's! posting, not belM's, or WW's-- (Oh the blinding light of so many light bulbs going on!