>Its happened a couple of times now that I wanted to go to the top message to reply to it, when I think people may be following the wrong path to help the initial poster. But, its kinda cumbersome to get a map and then choose the top message. It would be nice to have a hyperlink to the first message in a thread.

Hi Todd.

If you click "see entire thread" you immediately see the top message displayed in the lower pane. It is just one click to reply.

So I am wondering if this is necessary. Just my 1.4 cents.