The borders on comments are fairly ugly, and far too thick.
I refreshed this page, and only the new comments had the thick, lime green border, so it seems to be a way to show which comments got posted since one last viewed the page. Anyway, it looks a bit off to me too; maybe it’d work almost as well if it had the same thickness as the normal, thinner border? The lime green colour would stick out less if the border weren’t as thick.
Perhaps they [the thumb icons] can be shrunk a bit and placed in the title line of the comment, along with the permalink and reply icon?
I think this is worth a shot. (Also open to Alicorn’s suggestion that the icons go back to being words, in which case they should probably stay at the bottom of comments.)
You could potentially hide all the icons unless you’re mousing over the comment, to avoid clutter.
I refreshed this page, and only the new comments had the thick, lime green border, so it seems to be a way to show which comments got posted since one last viewed the page.
Yes. I think we should probably render all comments normally on your first visit to a page, and new comments as new on subsequent visits. I’ll play with a new “new” comment style that doesn’t eat more space.
I would actually prefer it if the border were thicker, or the color darker. That way, new comments would be harder to miss when scrolling through a discussion like this one, with close to 200 comments.
Perhaps make it an adjustable option in preferences.
I refreshed this page, and only the new comments had the thick, lime green border, so it seems to be a way to show which comments got posted since one last viewed the page. Anyway, it looks a bit off to me too; maybe it’d work almost as well if it had the same thickness as the normal, thinner border? The lime green colour would stick out less if the border weren’t as thick.
I think this is worth a shot. (Also open to Alicorn’s suggestion that the icons go back to being words, in which case they should probably stay at the bottom of comments.)
Count me as a vote against that idea.
Yes. I think we should probably render all comments normally on your first visit to a page, and new comments as new on subsequent visits. I’ll play with a new “new” comment style that doesn’t eat more space.
Ah, so that was why my eyes hurt over the whole page! Much better once I refreshed. (Don’t get me wrong, I do like highlighting new comments)
I would actually prefer it if the border were thicker, or the color darker. That way, new comments would be harder to miss when scrolling through a discussion like this one, with close to 200 comments.
Perhaps make it an adjustable option in preferences.