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‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
Posted by: Cryptic
MESSAGE CENTER :I would like the message center to look like a thread. The subject column would be removed and there would only be one message per user. You would be able to search for the username. On the left side, you could sort by Username or Last Reply. On the right side, you would see the messages between you and the user, which would look exactly like posts in a thread. You could delete any of the sent or received messages, but it would only affect your conversation thread.
Instead of having buttons after each message, there would be just one area above to submit a message (similar to the comments of file share items). The order of messages could be changed in the profile settings (oldest first, newest first). I wouldn't mind also having the option to message multiple users, thus having a thread for just those users.The Waypoint forums have an interesting system that goes one better than what you have outlined. When you begin a private message you choose the recipients, this then generates your own private thread in which all replies can be seen and any new messages notify all initial recipients. Allowing for several users to contribute to one private message exchange is unnecessary and could create a number of problems, but allowing those exchanging PMs to see past replies in their own mini-thread would be a nifty little feature (albeit it more under the "that's cool category" than "we need this").