Yes, the "Old", "Collapsed", subject-title by subject-title, message-by-message header listing forum view, whatever the official lingo, this is what I am referring to as my preference.
Case in point: I just revisited the Trapper forum and because the forum no longer defaults to Collapsed view I was forced to view what at the moment was apparently the most recent post -
Since I use a mobile (ipad) device that in turn is tied to a monthly data quota internet service, I am forced to incur the "data" hit attached to this sort of run-on post of graphics/video . This may be fine for users who do not mind being inundated with such data but you can probably imagine the annoyance for users trying to wisely ration a monthly data quota.