# Accessibility: Need way to browse between messages quickly

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-need-way-to-browse-between-messages-quickly/77901>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** accessibility\
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-need-way-to-browse-between-messages-quickly/77901 "2018-01-12T22:45:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-need-way-to-browse-between-messages-quickly/77901/5 "2018-01-18T21:57:22Z")

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> [@kevinrobinson](#):
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> Each topic starter is followed by a sequence of replies, each of which may have replies. Tree structures like this are always messy to display. Here I’ll just concern myself with the starter and sequence of first-level responses.

That’s not really correct, Discourse is a flat discussion system. You can expand replies but it’s a bonus, nice-to-have, optional interaction, _not a primary interaction_. The expected and typical way to read a topic is straight down, seeing all replies in chronological order.

> [@kevinrobinson](#):
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> Can you help me see what you’re seeing?

If I press F12 in my browser, topic replies all look like this:

`<div class="topic-post clearfix regular"><article id="post_6" data-post-id="364499" data-user-id="26120" class="boxed onscreen-post">`  
`<div class="topic-post clearfix regular"><article id="post_7" data-post-id="364553" data-user-id="28717" class="boxed onscreen-post">`

That’s two post replies, repeat over and over for more, etc.

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