>I think Dmitry already mentioned it, but I could not find that message - when we view all messages of the thread, we no longer see whom the person responded - it shows All.

I think I already have it in my todo list.

>Also, I think I really need View all messages from this one functionality back, if possible. On long threads we may want to read just particular branch of the thread.

For now, I do not have it in the planning as it goes against the request and the design to provide a cleaner and simplified interface. But, I'll see what can be done.