... the current poster's limit for thread lengths can impose inconvenient limitations...

One reason for the limit is because there are still a fair number of users who are on WebTV, which displays differently.

... the current poster's limit for thread lengths can ....certainly require ingenuity to convey the desirable information in a short space...

It doesn't seem to have inhibited the development of Mudcat for folks to have needed to exercise a bit of creativity. :~)

~Susan