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Msg responding style
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15/08/1997 11:08:15
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
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Other
Title:
Msg responding style
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00044928
Message ID:
00044928
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Michel,

I find the message reply style, in which the new message gets appended to the bottom of the messages, to be time-comsuming and inconvenient: the part I want to read is below the screen and I need to scroll it up. Wouldn't it make more sense to have the default reply be at the top of the message, so it could be quickly read?

Also, and I realize this is a bit more difficult, it would be a lot more useful if the enclosed "original" message included only that which was in the immediately preceding message. Of course, if the new stuff was at the top of the new message, this wouldn't make much different to me, other than the time to transmit the message (still an issue in web-based boards).

Also: the Next button works fine until the end of a branch is reached: but then you have to go back to the map to find the next sibling to the top of the branch you just worked through. I realize this is technically correct; but there should also be a Down button which becomes enabled in that circumstance, which move one down the tree to the next message, on whatever branch.

It would be most useful if the Map could be visible at the same time as working through the messages. The system that Neon uses is very good in this regard; and also has very quick response times.

Thanks,

Hank
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