A long time ago, in BB’s second implementation of commenting, the comments were numbered. It was one way to have a conversation without losing where you were and there wasn’t any threading back then, so we made do. One of the first things everyone complained about when BB upgraded the commenting system was the loss of the numbers next to the comments. I say, bring 'em back.
My second suggestion would be to have the “jump to” buttons off to the right of the comment display box do more than go to the very first or very last comment. Say I want to reply to comment 12 of 22; I hit reply, type my comment, and suddenly find myself at the bottom of the page. Not too big a deal on a topic with only a few comments, but when there are 50 or more comments, it’s tedious trying to get back to where you were.
A few tweeks, and flat commenting will be fine. We’ll get used to it again.
