what Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Professional. :p Is the "where unprofessional journalism looks better" line going, then? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Just some out loud thinking here: Is there any changes that you guys plan to make to the comments that show on the news articles? Just thought it might be better for the site to display only so many comments at once as opposed to loading say... 200+ comments on hot topics all at once. Suggestion to this would be to use sort of a "More" button after so many comments, that will expand and display further comments, sort of like Twitter works with their tweets. I say this because some sites use pages ( [1] [2] [3] ...) and it sucks simply because the comments can go on so many pages, making navigation weak. Also, a "Show All" button would be useful for those that actually plan to read each and every comment, without having to click a "More" button continuously as they read. Would certainly like to hear the devs thoughts on this if possible. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted October 19, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 19, 2009 If a certain someone ever gets to it, we plan on doing paged comments :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyOne Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 If a certain someone ever gets to it, we plan on doing paged comments :p Paged comments, as in [1] [2] [3] etc. etc.? I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way, but navigating through several pages of comments is quite irritating. I liked dead.cell's idea, where you could have a button labeled 'Show More' that would load the next (x) amount of comments when clicked, or a 'Show All' button as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callummr Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Paged comments, as in [1] [2] [3] etc. etc.?I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way, but navigating through several pages of comments is quite irritating. I liked dead.cell's idea, where you could have a button labeled 'Show More' that would load the next (x) amount of comments when clicked, or a 'Show All' button as well. Definitely this, I hate separately paged comments like that. Show more/all is so much more convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted October 19, 2009 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 19, 2009 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted October 19, 2009 Developer Share Posted October 19, 2009 Definitely this, I hate separately paged comments like that. Show more/all is so much more convenient. And is what we're planning, but we're yet to make a final decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted October 19, 2009 Reporter Share Posted October 19, 2009 Yeah paged comments would be amazing, and spacing them out a little more may help. The comments section feels cramped to me at the moment, a little more "air" may rectify this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted October 20, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 20, 2009 Right, you guys haven't even seen the article page. I'll tease you a little bit: it's way different and far, far nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Wow, glad to see everyone so supportive of the idea. Big (Y) to you guys working on this. May have to adjust my subscription level to show my thanks. :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Definitely this, I hate separately paged comments like that. Show more/all is so much more convenient. Agreed, you see it a lot on blogs, and it can get annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoomKid Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Right, you guys haven't even seen the article page.I'll tease you a little bit: it's way different and far, far nicer. Screenshot? just a small tiny winy one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Well, it's almost the end of October, so maybe this thing will go live soon :-) Anyway, just a comment about the Show More/All vs paged comments. It's basically the same thing, you guys are just saying you'd rather click some text that says Show More instead of 2, 3, 4, etc. I don't really see that there's a difference if the paged comments was made with AJAX like the Show More/All would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance. Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Any ETA :happy:? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted November 2, 2009 Reporter Share Posted November 2, 2009 Please can we have an update on this, even telling us if it's going to be out before Christmas would be something :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted November 2, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2009 It'll be out before Neowin 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inklin Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 It'll be out before Neowin 7 Not good enough! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted November 2, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2009 Not good enough! :laugh: Fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowl Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Christ! mas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Anyway, just a comment about the Show More/All vs paged comments. It's basically the same thing, you guys are just saying you'd rather click some text that says Show More instead of 2, 3, 4, etc. I don't really see that there's a difference if the paged comments was made with AJAX like the Show More/All would be. No, if you were to click Show More, it adds more. You could then scroll up to see what you were previously looking at, without having to go back page by page to find the comment you were looking for. This way, the information is presented to you in a way where, if you want to see what more people are saying, there's an option to do that. Or, if you don't want to have to expand the comments as you read, a Show All button could easily expand all of the comments. Overall, it's a mutual benefit for both the readers and the people who run the site, as information is only pulled on request rather than thrown at the user who may not even bother to read the comments. It cuts down on load times as well for the user, and makes navigation a breeze. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inklin Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Fine... But I wanted neowin 7 before neowin 6, is that even possible? :woot: j/k On the serious side where was our October launch? :( I don't mind how long it will take though as I'm sure others don't either, the longer it is being refined and tested for bugs the better! Oh and BTW I love that graphic of the Christmas box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance. Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Aw, it's already November and it still isn't up :cry:. Can we have some screenshots of the progress atleast (lets call it a leak so it sounds cooler :shiftyninja:) :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Veteran Posted November 3, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 3, 2009 It'll be ready when it's ready :) Please don't all repeat the same questions, it's annoying :p We're all excited too, but we're not giving any specific dates out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lt8480 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Don't know if anyone else has spotted this... but for avatars with transparent backgrounds maybe make the little avatar next to the user name at the top be overlaid on the same colour background as everywhere else avatars are shown such as the forums... else people who have them designed for "light coloured backgrounds" may well get white pixeling around images depending on their file format / transparency method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted November 3, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 3, 2009 Yeah, but that only applies to GIF avatars and PNG files with binary transparency. And it'd already be broken on the forums, since different themes have different colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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