I eventually had thought of that, too, but only after awesomerobot had agreed to my initial suggestion.
Making the row clickable is a better solution, but I cannot fathom the objection to right-alignment. I don’t think I’m OCD but I am particular about certain things. Ah, well; I’m also left-handed. The whole world is already backwards to me. Making each row clickable will really help that topic list menu next to it–there’s a lot of empty space to wade through in that one.
Ooo! ooo! I have a request/suggestion! Plz to make it so that when I click on the comments on an article on the main page that I have already read, it takes me to the last comment I had previously seen, same as it does from the BBS page? Cos as it is now, if I see there’s been more kibitzing from the peanut gallery, I have to click on another article’s comments, then go to the BBS, THEN click on the article I want to get to the last read bit. You feel me?
It should be Proxima Nova, to match the homepage of BB (the serif font was from our previous design), but Something Went Awry. As I think we’re not properly licensed for Prox anyway (our typekit subscription is expired but they’re apparently still serving), I plan on switching both to Open Sans (or another well-heeled, readable sans-serif) ASAP.
I don’t fully understand what you and Rob are talking about, but at what point should I hit up gwwar to fix the script i use that broke from the last series of changes? it’s the designation of new that did it, not the fonts, right?
(1) it should work with the usual internet connections with the usual flickers and random disconnections.
(2) it should allow users to find the reply/post they were interested in, so it shouldn’t use endless scrolling. it could use separate pages.
(3) it should make it easy to avoid video, noise, etc. especially painful video, noise, “hey this is an interesting illusion with these flashing lights, I’ll show it to everyone,” etc.
I was hoping to sway y’all into modifying the button for hide or show the composer panel . specifically for “hide”. with “show,” I can click anywhere in the grey bar to expand (yay!) but when I want to hide it, I already have my cursor somewhere on the left because I put it there to type, and now I have to mouse over all the way to a tiny spot at furthest right to collapse (boo!) it’s confusing because it works the way I want one way but not the other and it’s… kind of a drag, man. like, counter-intuitive : (
come to think of it, moving the button to somewhere above the compose window would be fine, but I’d really rather be able to click anywhere grey to hide so it functions the same as expand, though I’m guessing the presence of multiple buttons within that space breaks that possibility?
this is essentially the same argument I made about the buttons in the menus under the top-right icons earlier in this same thread. extending the length of the ˇbutton across as much of the blank grey space as possible would be much more user-friendly. but again, if possible, the best would be a click anywhere grey will hide the composer panel.
this should help towards the goal of getting folks to reply to everyone in the thread with one post, which is usually accompanied by multiple expansions/collapses of the composer panel. this is when I find myself getting really annoyed for not being allowed to just quickly click anywhere grey so I can find some text I want to quote or simply get back to the thread and continue participating.