I think this is a new issue, not sure. And it's just an annoyance, not a major problem. But it's a step backwards since it used to work the way it's 'spozed to.
When I replied to a thread which put my reply on a new page, after the reply was added I was looking at the top of the first page of the thread. Before, I'm pretty sure that the browser would be pointed at the newly-added reply. It no longer seems to work this way. (Browser is Firefox 3.6.8 if that matters, which probably doesn't.) It was better the old way, as you could then instantly find all the mistakes you made in your reply and edit them ...
When I replied to a thread which put my reply on a new page, after the reply was added I was looking at the top of the first page of the thread. Before, I'm pretty sure that the browser would be pointed at the newly-added reply. It no longer seems to work this way. (Browser is Firefox 3.6.8 if that matters, which probably doesn't.) It was better the old way, as you could then instantly find all the mistakes you made in your reply and edit them ...