Plea to Drakon

[walter b]

(05-10-2014 03:36 PM)Thomas Radtke Wrote:  

(05-10-2014 02:43 PM)walter b Wrote:  OTOH, please note that fulfilling my wish won't change anything in the mess you call 'regular/standard view'.

Actually it does. A reply to the original posting would require quoting it, i.e., get back to page one or scroll up, maybe delete the content.

Today I tried the threaded mode. As a matter of fact, the 'new reply' button correctly inserts the new contribution just one level down beneath the original posting. Maybe we could have new button titles ('Reply to Thread' and 'Reply to Post') to clear up the situation.

You're getting me wrong. Maybe we can do an example:

Assume you're reading post #4 in a thread of 10 posts. Now you want to reply directly to that post you're reading.

Method A: You press <New Reply> and key in your response. As soon as you press <Post Reply>, the system takes your reply to post #4 and puts it 'one level down beneath the original posting' (which is post #1) at the end of the thread. Now it's filed as a response to post #1 though - which is not what you wrote.

Method B: You press <Quote> and key in your response (you may delete the quotation completely). As soon as you press <Post Reply>, the system takes your reply to post #4 and puts it one level down beneath post #4 (see the analogy?). Now it's properly filed as a response to post #4 - which is what you wrote.

Please note method B works for a response to post #1 as well: Reading post #1 you press <Quote> and proceed as described above. This method is quite intuitive IMHO since you will usually respond to something you're reading instead of something you've read half an hour ago. Thus, there is no need for a second reply key - which made me asking for disabling <New Reply> for obvious reasons. If you want added comfort, you might want a key <Reply w/out quoting> but also this one shall put your response one level down the post you're responding to instead of linking it erroneously to post #1.

Alles klar?

d:-)