On 11/15/2011 09:03 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
bcs Wrote:
Either that's not working, it's not what I want or the stylesheet thing
is getting in the way.
Stylesheet... did a quick adjustment, try now:
http://arsdnet.net/d-web-site/nntp/get-thread?newsgroup=digitalmars.D&messageId=%3Cj9ps5n%2430nq%241%40digitalmars.com%3E&ordering=ByParent
Cut the tab size by about 60% and that's usable. OTOH it will still end
up with a column size of -10 pt about the time threads get interesting.
Do you actually enjoy having to guess what something is in reply to?
There's no guesswork at all. People quote what they are replying to when it
matters, like you and I are doing now.
And if anyone keeps more than about 3 layers of quoting you need to be
Tolstoy to be more than half the content. And it still doesn't solve the
problem because it's still not the original full message.
Or
how about the fun you can have trying to locate replies to a given post?
On the other hand, finding new posts is virtually impossible with a tree
view, because it's mixed in at random.
Nope, finding them is trivial. I hit the N key or look for the bold
titles. Admittedly, a bit harder to do in a web interface than a "real"
client.
Or what about when one branch of a thread goes off on a interesting
tangent and another dives down a rabbit hole you couldn't care less about?
This might be an idea to put into the UI. All the parent information is
there, so it could zap a subthread out of view instantly, regardless of view
mode.
