Is having the hack description on every page really a feature?
 

Because some of these hacks, their descriptions, their revisions, their FAQs, their template edits, theie screenshots, and many other things can make that initial post quite long.

If I'm trying to read through a 10+ page thread to find problems people have had, not only can it be a pain to have to scroll through the entire first post, but I also find that it breaks up the continuity of a thread. Once I'm in a thread, I already know what the hack is about, so scrolling past it on every other page seems somewhat pointless.

Am I missing the really good reason why its done this way? Is there a way for me personally to turn it off?

I agree. It does mean I have to use my scroll wheel more and these buggers wear out :(

Asked this before. Apparently we should collapse the hack-bit in every thread we browse through...

I like it as it is, this way you got the hack information on every page.
If it wasn't this way, people would ask "Where are the files? I can't find them" and such.

It's a pain in the a*** when hacks have long first posts, and collapsing it affects the first page as well. An option to turn it off would be nice, I won't hold my breath though. ;)

Well there is a collapse button, which should be enough

and to answer the first question: yes it is a feature and working as designed, especially for the reason Andreas already posted

can you make a user field:
field9993
and then yes no and call it: prevent unnecesary mouse scroll wear
and then in the template add: <if condition="$vbulletin->userinfo[field9993]=='No'"> Template Hack</if>

:)

Since 90% of forums only have the first post on the first page, I really don't see that happening. You need to have more faith in us!

that has nothing to do with faith, but with experience...

we have had the old way before, and got that questions....

I know it's not going away, but it truly gets in the way. Those first instructional posts are so long that it's very annoying.

Some of us really do read all the posts... page by page. This layout is very tedious and discourages people from reading through all those pages because they tired of seeing that same extra-long post over and over.