On 24 Jul 00 at 21:54, L.D. Best wrote:

>>I don't care if it's been discussed beyond belief.
>>I don't care if it's fixed in 1.65 [yeah, right] ...
>>
>>Michael went and "fixed" something just a bit "too well" again. <sigh>
>>
>>I come back to over 1900 messages, only 250 of which were old.
>>I'm going bonkers just doing right click so I can bulk quick delete.
>>

Welcome back, L.D. If you were using Pegasus Mail for DOS, you'd be a 
much happier camper. ;)

>>Periodically the mouse cursor slips off the subject line just as I right
>>click, and what happens?  I, of course, get taken to where I was before I
>>was busy editing the index of messages... usually a message.

Hmm, too much coffee, tea, cola.....?

>>I click on the "Hey, take me back forward to where NL I was!" arrow.
>>
>>Does Arachne do that?  NO!  I redigests and regurgitates an entirely new
>>index list.
>>
>>OK, I will admit that when I would click on "Index" from within a
>>message, I wanted to find the most recent index -- sans all the
>>deletions made while reading.  That would be a good thing.
>>
>>BUT I NEVER SAID THAT WHEN I'M ASKING FOR SOMETHING IN CACHE THAT
>>REQUEST SHOULD BE IGNORED AND I AGAIN BE STUCK TRYING TO FIND JUST WHERE NL
>>I WAS BEFORE MY FINGER SLIPPED!
>>
>>Arrows back/forward should be "load from cache; if I want new I'll hit
>>the recycle button or R ..."
>>
>>Yes, if I use hotkey "I" from somewhere/anywhere I should get newest and
>>bestest index.  Yes, if I select "Index" from within a message I should get
>>the newest and bestest index."
>>
>>NO, I should not get "newest and bestest" when I want what was/is in
>>cache -- the reason I use the < and > arrows.
>>
>>ARGHHHH ... and I haven't even downloaded today's e-mail!!

Ok, L.D., good air in, bad air out. Do it again. Good. Now go take 
your medication. ;)

Regards,
Dale Mentzer

I'm just working here till a good fast-food job opens up.


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