Amazing NJ--Your tip about going to the flyertalk front page rather than the message boartd page made all the difference. Must be some weird quirk of programming. Thanks. But this necesity does seem to defeat all the convenience afforded by all the new pull down menus allowing us to jump from one board to the next.
Eugene--I use Internet Explorer, and I can't find any toggle to turn Javascript on or off. I assume it is on because most all java enabled sites that I visit seem to work properly.