>>I'll disagrre because of where the mouse pointer is usually located on the screen. Very rarely is it at the top of the screen. It's usually somewhere in the middle because you have just clicked on a message header to view or used the scroll bar to navigate to the end of the available messages. If so, your mouse pointer is positioned from the middle of the screen to the bottom. Now you have to move the mouse all the way to the top of the screen to select new messages. It used to be you only had to move it horizontally.
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>Well, I've made the very same argument against having things like VCR buttons on top-mounted toolbars, so I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't allow that your point is valid. Perhaps if there were a hot key for "new messages" everyone would be happy? Or can you do that in web interface?

Yes, we can do it. We already have it on the save when writing a message. We will make it visible by having the letter underline in the buttons as well as in any other area where applicable. I'll try to do that by tomorrow.