Long Threads and Paging

I've noticed that there are differences between the main Forum and the Groups, in how paging is handled.

In this sample multi-page thread from the main Forum, the page numbers are shown separately, and there are also clearly marked buttons to get to the first and last pages.  

Now look at this long thread from Loch Garten Ospreys group, which runs to 220 pages! The page numbers run into each other, and there are no first and last buttons - the mechanism to go to first/last pages is there if you click on the double arrows, but people often don't realise that.

Could paging for groups be changed, to be the same as in the main Forum?