Awesome. I'll be keeping an eye on this and installing after it has more testing. :)

How does this perform query wise? Will this add heavy load to my server? How many queries does it add?

I did everything as you instructed but still I can't see the plus sign in forumdisplay.

Nevermind, it worked!

/me clicks install!

This Hack rocks :)

Thx - This is the best hack for long time :)

Installed

Nominate for MOTM

Works great!!

Should definitely be Nominated for MOTM. :)

I'm guessing there are no options to configure? I would like to see a "Forum Exclude" in the future, so that you could block certain forums from using this. The First/Last post toggle also sounds like a good idea.. or maybe somehow display +/- toggles for both? :) I guess that could be really server intensive though..

Since this is in Beta I'll try my best to test it out. I haven't had any problems yet.

It doesn't "add" any queries. The only queries are when someone clicks to expand thread, the same query that is run if someone was to click the thread anyway.

I like the idea of an exclusion list, I'll add that. Thanks. :)

Also, it's not really in Beta. I always enable "Beta status" for my hacks, because I'm always tinkering. Once I stop updating the modifications, I remove the Beta status. :)

Update:
1.2.0

• New AdminCP configuration options:
  • Ability to select first or last post to be displayed.
  • Ability to disable on a per forum basis.
  • Option to update thread views when expanded.
  • Option to disable automatic template editing with a single click.
• Tweaked a couple plugins to prevent unnecessary checking.

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Template edits have changed! If you're not using automatic template edits, please review the changes in this post.

DO NOT DISABLE TEMPLATE EDITING BY DISABLING PLUGINS! THIS METHOD IS NO LONGER EFFECTIVE! USE THE NEW ADMINCP OPTION!

Otherwise, just import and overwrite as usual.

?? Huh?

I'm assuming he has removed the avatar, title and signature and only provided the post message when someone expands.