When I had the settings the way I like it - just as you mention with the 'thread start time' - ' Last day' and 'decending order', I saved it in my favorites for websites. I have 2 sections saved to favorites, Main and Pictures and the main Forums pg. That way all I have to do when I want to check what I missed, I go directly to the most recent post of pictures or main, and view in order until I see something familar. Of course if you're on a public or borrowed computer, you may not be able to use this option. I hope this helps.