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To: Scott Lux who wrote (14038)	1/26/2001 1:38:27 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

So much for the classic option... Why not just remove the option? There is nothing that is even remotely similar to the "classic" interface anymore. stockcharts.com

To: Scott Lux who wrote (14038)	1/26/2001 9:28:36 PM
From: Daniel	Respond to of 32871

> They were moved to be consistent with the addition of view replies and respond > to view next 10. Previously, you were not able to respond or view the replies > for a message while in the view next 10 page. I don't think you need this consistency. The regular message page is for one message, so its links for operating on that one message (Next, Previous, Respond, Replies, etc.) should appear at the same place. (That place was previously chosen to be outside the message area.) The view-10-messages page is for a group of 10 messages, so its links for operating on the group of messages (Next 10, Previous 10) should appear at the same place. That place should be same place as for the single-message page, so those links should be outside the message area, as they are. On the 10-messages page, any links for operating on an individual message (Respond, View Replies) obviously need to grouped with that message. SI happened to put them inside the message box. (They could have been outside each box, but inside never seemed unreasonable.) You might see the Respond/View Replies links as inconsistent. However, the pages were different pages, with an essential difference (single vs. multiple messages) that directly affected those links anyway. That's not clear, but what I'm trying to say that any inconsistency there wasn't a problem. It was perfectly clear why a message box on the 10-messages page had links that the message box on the single-message page didn't have--the context was essentially different, and didn't provide those per-message operations. If being inside the box on the 10-messages page was that inconsistent, then those links should have been moved to outside but just before each message box (after the <HR> divider). Here's another way to look at it: On the single-message page, the Respond link is an operation on the chunk of data (one message) displayed on that page. On the 10-messages page, the Respond link for a message is not an operation on the chunk of data (the 10-message group) displayed on that page. Therefore, those two Respond links aren't parallel logically (one operates on the page's data, the other operate on only a sub-part of the page's data), so they maybe don't need to be so consistent. (And if the newer 10-messages page really does need to be consistent with the older single-message page (for visual consistency or for increased commonality in your code), move the Respond and View Replies links outside the message box (between the <HR> and the box).) Here's another consistency that's more important: [ACK! You have changed something else too, haven't you? On the 10-messages page, the reply number is no longer a link that can be clicked on to display that individual message. Quit changing everything! Some things are different in different places because OTHER things are essentially different to start with. The 10-message page needs links to get to individual message. It doesn't need redundant text boxes for going to a message by number. Oh, okay. Back to the original exposition...] The links inside the message box, namely the "To:" and "From:" user names and the number of the message being replied to, are part of the message. The Next, etc., and Respond links are not part of the message itself, but are actions or relationships involving it. Therefore, the Respond link should be keep near the Next link on the single-message page. Please think about things like this. You'll have better web pages, and fewer irate users. Daniel