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4answers
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Hierarchical comments usability issues
For blog, what are best practices to implement topic’s hierarchical comments?
How to help users to find yet unread comments when they may appear anywhere in the tree?
How to show what parent comment ...
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votes
10answers
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Should you place the “add a comment” form above or below the list of comments?
There seems to be very little consistency across most sites when it comes to placing the comment form.
Which do you think is the most usable, above the comments list or below?
Above the list:
...
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8answers
1k views
What is a good way to display infinite nested comments?
Is there a way to do infinite nested comment threads in a way that doesn't look horrible? I realize that one could simply restrict the levels of nesting, but perhaps there's a better way of indicating ...
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votes
5answers
478 views
Which comment sorting order makes more sense on blogs?
I realize this is a pretty minor thing but anyway. I'm adding comment support to my website/blog. I'm trying to decide if I want the comments to be sorted from oldest to newest or from newest to ...
21
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4answers
703 views
Display comments order - best practice
I wonder what is the best comments order on the website. I assume there are two major methods to display comments:
from newest to oldest,
from oldest to newest.
Facebook uses method one and ...
19
votes
6answers
1k views
Enter to submit comments on Facebook and StackExchange
Facebook and StackExchange have both recently changed how comments are handled.
Users enter text in what appears to be a textarea. When they press enter the comment is now submitted. Using ...
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votes
3answers
789 views
tables with lots of columns
I have a table that lists various attributes of an individuals personal development plan; objective, time to complete objective, comments etc. The table is editable so the user can directly add ...
9
votes
3answers
128 views
What is better than top-posting and bottom-posting?
Chat programs usually put the most recent information or message below others (bottom posting). Forums and feeds put the most recent information above others (top posting). Is any one better than the ...
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2answers
244 views
Hierarchical/flat comment system
I'm trying to design comment system for my reddit-like site.
I like hierarchical comments because you can sort them to quickly get the best comments for large threads. Unfortunately with ...
