>The biggest problem I have with the ut is the speed. If it were fast, all the other UI problems I could ignore. But its a pain in the neck to have to wait so long to read a message.

Take things like Accronyms and Graphics and Autolink off. That delay while bringing up a message could be related to it trying to parse out every instance of ADO, or MS, then add hyperlinks. I did, I think by now I now what VFP stands for :-)