no les, no moore
No Les, no Moore. Can’t remember where I saw that either, probably read it in some book a while ago.
Slashdot has a new discussion and commenting system. It’s called Discussion2. I’ve been a bit too busy to keep up with even Slashdot the past month (a sure sign of things not being quite right in the drac universe); but poking around today - I got a surprise peek at the new commenting system.
In short, I’m sold on the concept already; even though it’s a very early preview. For now, a small floating control box with the comment numbers and how many comments belong to one of either full (the entire comment is displayed), abbreviated (just the first sentence or so, ala Gmail previews) or hidden. Clicking on the arrows can toggle the numbers of comment in any category either up or down. The threaded view changes to reflect those comment viewing preferences. Nifty.
Initial threaded comment view, based on the display preferences.
More abbreviated posts, fewer full posts
Strangely enough though, I’ve never really felt the need to dynamically change the threading levels on the fly when I’m reading Slashdot; so I’m not sure if this will be really useful for me. Over the years, I’ve figured out which mod point bars and spillover index numbers (and a few other details) work for my reading preferences - so I rarely have a need to tweak things. But who knows. Maybe this will dramatically transform how much of Slashdot I read.
On 25-Jul-06 at 2:18 pm,
veridicus wrote:
I checked out this new system, also. I’m not sure what I think of it yet. I don’t want to play with settings while I’m reading threads. If it stays unobtrusive but lets me easily expand threads I find interesting on the fly then it’s probably valuable. Either way I appreciate the experimentation to make an improved system. Maybe they’ll discover some new great ideas.
To see some great comments picked by readers check out Seen on Slash.
On 25-Jul-06 at 5:06 pm,
Curious Yellow wrote:
Saw the original in a book I had about gravestone epitaphs when I were a nipper.
Here lies Les Moore,
3 shots with a colt 44(?)
No Les,
No Moore.
On 25-Jul-06 at 6:43 pm,
drac wrote:
CY: Oh, cool. But I thought I saw it in a Ripley’s Believe It or Not, actually. Maybe I’m wrong on that. I do believe there is a humourous gravestone epitaphs book lying around home too. somewhere.
veridicus: Yeah. I quite like the experimentation too, even if it doesn’t produce an end result that I necessarily appreciate. For example, I really don’t like the extra whitespace on the new! redesigned! CSS Slashdot
I’ve seen *ahem* Seen On Slash before - usually when I google for someone’s funny sig
But thanks for letting me know, I’ll be sure to check it out. Anything to make me read less Slashdot! 