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New Dynamic Updating Discussions
Slashdot users of the Discussion2 system now have a new 'Update' button visible on their floating control slider, as well at the end of the discussion. This button will update your page to include comments posted since the page was loaded, so now you can keep discussion pages up to date without doing a full reload. It's nowhere near complete yet, but it's a nice step that goes a long ways towards making it easier to use larger discussions while they are actively updating. If you aren't using Discussion2, you need to log in, and toggle the checkbox visible on every page. You probably need bother only if you are using Firefox 1.5 or 2.x or Safari. You can send bug reports to me if you want.
Has anyone else noticed pages with comments loading slower than normal? Front page, and my user page seem to load normal, but anytime I click the read more link it seems to take a long time to load. Same for if I try posting or replying to a comment. Side effect of the new comment system?
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Can you make another button that I can push that will automatically push this button periodically for me?
I don't get it, who wants to read all those comments? Aren't they just failed first post attempts?
(Including this one)
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I like the Update feature, would it be possible, eventually, to get the main page set up like this too? Just a thought.
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See the box on the left that says "34 Comments" or somesuch? It's probably split between gray and white areas. Just drag the middle bar all the way to the bottom until the entire box is white. That should expand all the comments.
:-)
That being said, I'm still using the "Nested a +0" thankyouverymuch.
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Yes, you can change the thresholds for comment expansion.
To modify this threshold dynamically for just the story you are reading, just drag the little dividers on that floating widget
To modify the default thresholds used when you load a new story go to Preferences -> Comments:
Threshold - all comments with scores at or below this are hidden by default.
Highlight - all comments with scores at or above this are expanded by default.
Any comments between these two settings are shown as collapsed by default.
I've been using the new comment system for months and I think it is absolutely wonderfull - far better than any other forum system I have ever used.
That's what I really want.
A feature of dailykos that I like is that it keeps track of what's new since I last viewed a discussion, even if I close the discussion and re-open it later.
New comments are highlighted in red.
Also, if I reload the equivalent of the Slashdot front page, a topic I've seen before will say "X new comments".
Steal those f*cking features, Taco!