New format of viewing new messages

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Hey Ken,

I am not that keen on the new format where only the latest message is displayed. I liked the old format where you can see the history so it’s possible to know in what reference the new message is being displayed. Can I suggest having an option in preferences that allows user to configure whether they want to view full message thread or just latest message when checking new messages? just some feedback from a user…

Thanks a lot.
Manish

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(re: New format of viewing new messages) I am not that keen on the new format where only the latest message is displayed. I liked the old format where you can see the history so it’s possible to know in what reference the new message is being displayed. Can I suggest having an option in preferences that allows user to configure whether they want to view full message thread or just latest message when checking new messages? just some feedback from a user…

Manish:
Yup – I know what you mean … there are things I also liked better about the old way I was doing it.
You can get the full message thread now, by clicking the link at the top of the page — but, it means an extra click (actually two more clicks if it’s a long thread).
I’ve got some bugs to get through (a couple of weeks of work) – and then I’ll do something about this.
-Ken W

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What if each post had a named anchor, so when you click on the link on the new messages page, it would simply take you to the point in the thread where that post is, but with all the other posts on still on the page?

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(re: re: New format of viewing new messages) Sweet, this had been bothering me too. Another useful feature would be . . . I’m having a hard time explaining, so this might be long-winded:
Say I’ve posted to the 25th anniversary thread and the You Fell Off thread. How about an option to only display new messages to the threads I’m active in? I’m not a programmer (although I can make my computer scroll “Hello WORLD!” all day long), so this might be a complicated task.
Oh, and I’m not a fan of the JavaScript menus. I can’t use them when I’m in Mozilla Firefox (because of a browser extension, so I’m sure not everyone experiences it). Couldn’t you acheive the same effect with CSS?
At any rate, the place is looking good. And things have definitely speeded up since your last upgrade.

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