I think the best solution would be to allow users to choose between sorting strictly by the number of votes, and putting the accepted answer at the top. Right now, there are three ways of sorting the answers: active, oldest, and votes. I would like to add a fourth option that is "blind" to whether a answer has been accepted or not. (What this option should be called is another question.)

  As before, the site should "remember" the option that you used last time. It might also be useful to be able to save a default option in your settings, so that users who always want to sort by "active", say, do not have to switch back to it if they sorted by "oldest" on the previous post they viewed.

I think the best solution would be to allow users to choose between sorting strictly by the number of votes, and putting the accepted answer at the top. Right now, there are three ways of sorting the answers: active, oldest, and votes. I would like to add a fourth option that ignores whether an answer has been accepted or not. (What this option should be called is another question.) As before, the site should "remember" the option that you used last time.