>>You do not have to go through "check, uncheck, collapse, view"
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>>When you read this message, to the right of the icon you would use, there are two other - familiar - icons
>>Wanna try ?
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>If you are referring to the two icons which display the messages in the top pane, I see that works (now). However, when you click on the two icons before that (which do the same except it displays in the lower pane), it enforces the 15 messages max rule...

No, two icons - the old ones which were missing for a while - to the right of the green ones... if you aren't seeing them, maybe it's your cache then, or something else.

BTW, if these are icons, then it's not a desktop, it's ikonostas.