FirstClass presents a major change in the way one receives information to his screen; this is done through extensive use of icons to help guide the caller to the destination that s/he seeks.
 
Notice the little Red Flag next to the News Conference? This indicates to the caller instantly that there is a new message in this conference that wasn't there the last time the caller logged on. Now we will take a look at what the inside of one of the conferences looks like...
 
In this particular case I have double clicked on the "Software" conference and got the above window. From here it is very easy to select from the topics that you are interested in and download the software. I might mention that these icons in the above graphic are all conferences as well, and messages as well as files can be up/downloaded to these individual areas. One more thing I might add: with this area of the bulletin board as with all other areas in FirstClass is that if you were to see another little Red Flag here it would mean that there has been a new file added to the conference that the flag was attached to.