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Date:      Sun, 19 Jun 2022 13:30:28 +1000
From:      Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
To:        Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>,questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        postmaster@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Broken User Experience - online mailing list
Message-ID:  <4AC7F866-FC59-4A07-98C4-3875CF8D88E7@nimnet.asn.au>
In-Reply-To: <2882063.hHqAuc6tWs@curlew>
References:  <2E1B782A-DB40-41B1-A036-A790C4DCC409@nimnet.asn.au> <2882063.hHqAuc6tWs@curlew>

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On 18 June 2022 7:18:59 pm AEST, Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte=2Eco=2E=
uk> wrote:
 > On Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:15:15 BST Ian Smith wrote:
 >=20
 > > 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=2E
 >=20
 > When faced with this type of problem with web based lists I generally
 > open the=20
 > message in a new tab so that I can quickly switch back to the list to
 > read the=20
 > next item=2E
=20

I've been doing exactly that with the FreeBSD forums, winding up with seve=
ral kept topics, usually following up on links people post=2E

I'd find it overkill for every message on lists like these though, as most=
ly I'm just reading a thread serially - unless I find something helpful to =
me, or of particular interest to explore=2E

Thanks Mike, cheers Ian



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