Brian, Agreed. Discussions of what is "customary" on my part have had to do with attempts to aligning the current hybrid mechanism with what are customarily, psychologically, and actually two

I've never liked this setup either. Either the navigation should read "New Topic/Drafts" (way less preferable) or there should be navigation strictly for "New Topic" and another for "Drafts" which

What is usual/customary varies by context. It has never, in my very wide experience, been possible to choose who one is writing to in the way one chooses who one is composing an e-mail message to in

I think having a search item called "applied for membership" that yields a blank page is ok in a non-restricted group, because it's understandable. (You don't "apply for membership" in a

This. ^^^ From the person who originally proposed the change... In my view this is not "just a UI" issue. It goes deeper. PM'ing is an action distinct from "reply" and should be treated as such. --

And as an observation (not suggesting this is the best way or to emulate) this must be why Y! actually specifies in expanded headers in a reply who replies will go to. If/when you change your reply

Agree, I think that the drafts page should be reached via an item in the user nav bar and only on that item should you see the number - otherwise a newbie will think : " Oh there are 2 new

Agree. For this reason, in both scenarios that i was trying to imagine visually that would not happen. You'd have to work to get to the non default option. This would prioritize group default,

Mark, I like this. Missing though is an obvious way to go back from the Revisions list to the message (or message list now) where you were. There's a "Return to revisions list" button on the

I'd enjoy the ability to send a private message from a profile in our smaller subgroups. Infact I'd love it in conjunction with a option to switch on a member profile directory, not a member list (

Jennifer, It's not intuitive. You couldn't be expected to know that clicking on 'new topic' would take you to your saved drafts. It's something that will require some help documentation. J Sent from

Duane - Ooh, thanks. Feeling a bit dumb. Starting to think I often don't notice horizontal menus. J

Mark - Wow, 108 messages have accumulated on this topic while I was away, I do not have the time/patience to read all of them before I opine - so please forgive me if this is super redundant. In

That's the number of drafts you have saved. Click on New Topic, then on the Drafts button to see them. You can delete them or send them. Duane

Me, too. 1) would like to be able to send a private message by clicking on the member's name in profile, member list, or prior posting in archive 2) unless that feature has been disabled by the

That must be it. I didn't think to check on my restricted group earlier. It shows a blank results page. Duane

I'm looking at the left menu for my Beta Group homepage. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed there was a "1" there, idly wondered whether that's where the "latest" new topic lurks, and clicked --

Actually, I think on those groups that want to discourage or prohibit personal contact, the group owner would need to be able to disable it. In my original post, yes, I was referring to disabling my

I agree to completely disagree. :-) -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author. It's dumb to buy smart water.

Mine yields results for "applied for membership" but not "joined." Maybe this is because mine is a restricted group? It still seems weird. "Joined" should be when their membership was approved and I