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- Hi There!
-
- Though the entries in the Combo box suggest that you're
- choosing between different forums, that combo box is
- supposed to let you choose among threads in the message
- file of a SINGLE forum.
-
- You should also be aware that this form is adapted from a
- form the I/O team has been using for testing. It is not the
- Browser team's form--in fact, Charlie Gallo won't get to
- see it until he downloads it from CompuServe just as you
- have.
-
- The control buttons at the bottom of the text box give you
- some hint of the function we propose: The user will be
- able to look at messages by THREAD or by SESSION. What
- we expect most users to do is look at the latest session
- they've had on CompuServe. When he needs to see the con-
- text of a particular session, the user can click on the View
- Session/View Thread/View All button (the caption changes to
- reflect the current state). Though he still sees the same
- message, clicking on the First, Previous, Next, and Last
- buttons will move him up and down the *thread*, not the
- session.
-
- Setting the state to View All lets the user see all the
- messages in his database. It will function exactly like
- TAPCIS does now--sequentially grinding through the entire
- forum file.
-
-