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To: sandintoes who wrote (247)	12/1/1999 6:14:00 PM
From: Howard S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3372

After each message, options used to be available to look at the next message, the next 10, view subject marks etc. Recently, these option appear to have been removed from the bottom of the message block and now they appear only at the top. This decision needs to be reviewed. Many, if not most, messages do not fit within the screen and it is necessary to use the scroll bar to view the bottom of the message. This is especially true when you view messages in groups of 10. With the old system design, after reading the last message, you could easily navigate to the next message or back to your subject marks. With the new system, you can't do this until you scroll back to the top of the page to navigate. Navigation needs to be kept as simple as possible. Providing the navigation at the top and bottom of the message was repetitive, but it enabled us to proceed to the next message upon quick perusal of the first lines of the message or after reading the whole message. Eliminating this capability was not an "enhancement". I wouldn't have problems using the keyboard for navigation, but I would be against any solution that required me to switch from keyboard to mouse and back or vice versa. In other words, I don't want to use a "home" key to go to the top of the screen where navigation could again be employed with a click of the mouse. Let's keep our hands on the mouse or the keyboard. As some users may prefer either, both alternatives would be good, but they should not be mixed.