Feature request: Green glow for "continue this thread"
post by NancyLebovitz · 2013-02-27T18:00:47.990Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 18 commentsIt would be much more convenient to follow discussions with many comments if "continue this thread" turned that bright green when there were not-previously-loaded comments at the link.
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comment by [deleted] · 2013-02-27T18:59:39.267Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Also, it'd be great if visiting a comment didn't clear the glow from other unseen comments to the same post.
Replies from: ModusPonies, NancyLebovitz↑ comment by ModusPonies · 2013-02-27T23:10:34.222Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
It does? Crap. I wonder what I've missed.
↑ comment by NancyLebovitz · 2013-02-27T19:43:44.098Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Agreed.
comment by drethelin · 2013-02-27T18:41:37.214Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
or if I could just allow my page to load arbitrarily deep threads instead of having a limit.
Replies from: NancyLebovitz, shminux, Curiouskid↑ comment by NancyLebovitz · 2013-02-27T23:12:10.227Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Arbitrarily deep threads become unreadable-- you literally get lines that are one letter long.
Replies from: philh↑ comment by philh · 2013-02-28T00:40:49.612Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
A potential solution would be to set a minimum width for comments, and if the nesting would make a comment too narrow, that comment is allowed to extend to the right. But (importantly) it doesn't make other comments in the same thread wider, so you only have to scroll horizontally to continue deep threads.
I feel like I've seen this somewhere, but I can't think where. (Possibly HN? They have arbitrarily deep threads, I don't recall how they're handled.)
Replies from: NancyLebovitz↑ comment by NancyLebovitz · 2013-02-28T01:48:15.318Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
It would be a strong partial solution to use the whole width of the screen-- don't let the lines of text for each comment be any longer, but if the comments are deeply nested, get rid of the gray space on the sides and suppress the sidebar on the right.
↑ comment by shminux · 2013-02-27T22:52:16.327Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
This could be coded into an LW mobile or web app, without changing the server code. If someone wanted to do it. Of course, ideally, creating an LW API would be the first step.
Replies from: jkaufman↑ comment by jefftk (jkaufman) · 2013-03-01T03:18:53.297Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
There's a reddit api, but either LW was forked before reddit added theirs, or it's turned off here.
↑ comment by Curiouskid · 2013-02-28T04:59:44.687Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
comment by Decius · 2013-02-28T05:36:03.450Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Getting rid of the grey bars on the left and right (outside of all of the content) would get more horizontal space on wide monitors...
Replies from: Adele_L↑ comment by Adele_L · 2013-02-28T19:05:19.763Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
But it would decrease readability for most people.
Replies from: Decius, pinyaka↑ comment by Decius · 2013-03-02T00:38:49.587Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I think you have a source that can be cited. Can I have it?
Replies from: Adele_L↑ comment by Adele_L · 2013-03-04T17:34:10.216Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Well, according to this, the optimal line width is about 75 characters. It's behind a paywall for me though. I also found various blogs about typography and web design which agreed with this.
However, according to this, text that extends to the full width or two thirds of the width is read faster than text that is one third of the width. I can't see more details since this is also behind a paywall.
Replies from: Deciuscomment by Qiaochu_Yuan · 2013-02-28T05:15:39.047Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
What bright green?
Replies from: NancyLebovitz↑ comment by NancyLebovitz · 2013-02-28T09:57:33.208Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
If you load a post (choose one with an active discussion), and then reload it a day later, the comments which have been added since you closed it will have a light bright green border.