1) The links in the thread listing ARE the headlines of the posts. (HTF are you not noticing this?)
2) The parent post is the closest one above your post of interest in that thread list that is indented one step less.
3) AFAICS the numbers in parentheses are most probably the number of replies to each post.
Bit weird that your pref changes don't seem to make any difference -- wait for them to propagate somewhere (where?), log out and in again, something like that? Idunno, but don't much care either: It works for me, and the parent link you originally asked for has been there the whole time (cf #2 above).
2) The parent post is the closest one above your post of interest in that thread list that is indented one step less.
3) AFAICS the numbers in parentheses are most probably the number of replies to each post.
Bit weird that your pref changes don't seem to make any difference -- wait for them to propagate somewhere (where?), log out and in again, something like that? Idunno, but don't much care either: It works for me, and the parent link you originally asked for has been there the whole time (cf #2 above).