Navigating messages within a thread

摘要

A user may easily read, browse, and jump through the messages contained within a thread. Different portions of the message may be highlighted such that they are easily identifiable. The user may easily navigate through the thread by selecting a user interface element, such as an arrow button, to move to the next or previous message within the thread. The order of the thread may also be reversed such that the user may view the thread from the first message to the last message, or view the thread from the last message to the first message. The messages within the thread may be marked, such as by using XML tags, in order to facilitate the identification of the sections of the messages within the thread.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method executing on a processor for navigating messages within a thread, comprising:
accessing the thread; determining a location for each message header within the thread; modifying an appearance of each message within the thread based at least in part on each message header; rendering the thread to include a view of more than one message within the thread; and determining when a cursor is hovering over a specified portion of a message header of one of the messages within the thread; and in response to determining that the cursor is hovering over the specified portion of the message header of one of the messages within the thread, displaying a navigational control for navigating between the messages within the thread.