On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 16:27 -0700, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > > > I would like to try putting the comment box after the last (most > > recent) comment, as that is the message one most ofter responds to. > > Having to now scroll up and down between comment box and last > > message(s) is often of a nuisance. > > > > > While that sounds logical, I think it will be a usability problem. If > someone doesn't see a the comment box immediately, they may not know > to scroll down past dozens of messages to find it. > > > Rather that being trial-and-error amateur web page designers, it would > be better to follow proven models. All of the following have the > comment box at the top and the messages in reverse chronological > order: > > > * http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2393587 > * http://digg.com/news/entertainment/top_12_game_shows_of_all_time > * https://twitter.com/ > > > > > Raymond
How 'bout no? YouTube uses this and it's horrid and unnatural, and bulletin boards have been using chronological order for whiles with great success. Reverse chronological order has a niche for feeds, updates, whatever you want to call it, but when it comes to following a discussion it's much easier to start with the first word. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
