Did OSX Mountain Lion change cursor behavior in mail?

Just upgraded to OSX Lion (working like a charm) and I just noticed that the cursor showing "current message" in mail seems to be behaving differently.  I have my mail sorted with the most recent at the top and as I move down, they become older.  Before, when I deleted a mail the cursor showed the next most recent mail as current (it moved up) - which I really didn't like since I had to move the cursor down to see the next oldest.  Today with the upgrade the cursor stays put and the next oldest mail is moving up to become the current mail.  I really do like this and wanted to check if I am imagining things.  Thanks. 

Make sure your Mac qualifies to run Mountain Lion >  Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.
Disable anti virus software and turn off the Firewall in System Preferences > Security & Privacy.
Then try here >  Mac App Store: How to resume interrupted downloads
If that doesn't help, click Store from the App Store menu bar top of your screen. From the drop down menu click Check for Unfinished Downloads.
Keep in mind, for downloading Mountain Lion from the App Store, a high speed (broadband) internet connection is strongly recommended by Apple as noted here > iTUNES STORE - MAC APP STORE - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
If you need to reinstall OS X or repair the the startup disk using Mountain Lion Recovery, that requires broadband access to the internet via Wi-Fi or an Ethernet connection. OS X is downloaded over the internet form Apple when OS X Recovery is used for reinstallation.

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