One after another

April 6, 2001 10:25 PM

Curious why posts go chronologically down the page and not up (most recent at top). At least as an option, this would seem a good idea.
posted by ParisParamus to Feature Requests at 10:25 PM (4 comments total)

Interesting as an option, but I don't see the usefulness of it, really. I mean, would it make sense to see comment 25 in response to comment 24 before you've even read comment 24?
posted by zempf at 5:03 PM on April 7, 2001

No, Zempf, however, but once comment 25 is seen, you need to scroll all the way down to see 26. It just seems that save your first visit to a thread, the "action" should take place at the top of the thread. This is especially true since, I think, a thread can't be "refreshed" without leaving it (?).
posted by ParisParamus at 1:06 PM on April 8, 2001

There's a link from the front page to the bottom of each thread. If you click on the link inside the brackets eg: "(3 new)" you'll be taken to the bottom of the thread where the new comments are.

Also, I'm pretty sure you can just refresh a thread without leaving it.
posted by lagado at 11:50 PM on April 8, 2001

Thanks! I feel....lame now...better not tell you I'm reading this in AOL as well.
posted by ParisParamus at 7:35 PM on April 9, 2001