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Date:      Sat, 18 Jun 2022 10:18:59 +0100
From:      Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        postmaster@freebsd.org, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
Subject:   Re: Broken User Experience - online mailing list
Message-ID:  <2882063.hHqAuc6tWs@curlew>
In-Reply-To: <2E1B782A-DB40-41B1-A036-A790C4DCC409@nimnet.asn.au>
References:  <2E1B782A-DB40-41B1-A036-A790C4DCC409@nimnet.asn.au>

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On Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:15:15 BST Ian Smith wrote:

> Instead of linking messages to next and previous messages in thread, there
> are only (possibly multiple) Reply links, and Reply To links back, but no
> "next / previous message in thread" links, which a) allowed full traversal
> of all messages in the thread, and b) moving on to the next thread after
> the last one.

When faced with this type of problem with web based lists I generally open the 
message in a new tab so that I can quickly switch back to the list to read the 
next item.

-- 
Mike Clarke

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<body><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">On Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:15:15 BST Ian Smith wrote:</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt; Instead of linking messages to next and previous messages in thread, there</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt; are only (possibly multiple) Reply links, and Reply To links back, but no</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt; &quot;next / previous message in thread&quot; links, which a) allowed full traversal</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt; of all messages in the thread, and b) moving on to the next thread after</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">&gt; the last one.</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">When faced with this type of problem with web based lists I generally open the message in a new tab so that I can quickly switch back to the list to read the next item.</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">-- </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Mike Clarke</p>
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