I agree with much but not all these ideas.

The CB now always links to both "new msgs" and "archived msgs" (and /looks like/ two links -- the previous links ran together).

I'm more convinced of my previous stance that the drop-down 'destination' controls should go. I'd like the "all but" checkbox I asked for and a simple "Delete" button and a "Move to" button w/ a drop-down list of other folders (we could also just make a button for each folder, but I think that would be less clear).

I'd rather the forms stay at the top (imagine viewing 500 msgs, which I sometimes do) but think that having a 'sticky' state that hides or shows the 'search' form (which should be a separate form) would be nice.

"Nobody" is there (in part) because neither the "send to" nor "message text" fields get cleared when you submit to facilitate sending similar messages to multiple people, coping with addressing errors, sending multiple messages to one person, etc. And w/o "Nobody" (which is /always/ what is selected when the form is refreshed), it becomes /way/ too easy to accidentally send more than you wanted to (and the "whoa cowboy" duplicate message check will only catch fairly fast exact duplicates).

We really need a prominent warning if you submit with non-empty message text but "Nobody" selected, because this is now the mistake that is /way/ too easy to make.

But, with the warning, the correction (select a destination and submit again) is trivial. With the common mistake being "send when I didn't intend to", the "correction" isn't pretty.

I'd eventually like the "/msg author" links to use a different page that is better suited for just sending private messages (and uses a better method for preventing unintended repeats).

I'd not put so much separation between "Message:" and "Send to:", more like:

   Send: [.......]
   To:
    * Nobody
    * [....]
   In reply to:
    * ...
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Much thanks to demerphq for putting this together. There is more work to be done to smooth out the interface, but I think it will come together well, especially if people pitch in with patches.