I just noticed that admins, global mods, and regular mods have different thread mod tools. On the thread lists (not inside the thread, I noticed those are the same) the admins have no tools, the global mods have neat little button icons, and regular mods have check boxes and a pulldown menu.
Is there a way to make everyone's tools the same? As the admin, I would like mod tools, to be able to move a thread without having to go into a thread.
That is actually a setting that is per-user. On the "Look and Layout" section of your profile, you'll see "Show quick-moderation on message index as".
oh great! I found it, thanks! I'll let my mods know.