I typed that on mobile so couldn’t explain more, but I think there’s no need to automatically collapse comments, if you just make the comments take up the whole width of the browser window, and highlight the comments with high karma. This way the user can easily browse through lots of comments by just scrolling down, and choose which comments direct their eyes at, without having to click on anything.
(The automatic collapse feature might still be useful on smaller screens.)
If comments took up the whole width of my browser window, I would find them acutely unpleasant to read. I like my text fairly small and I have my window full-screen; text becomes difficult to read when each line is more than about 15-20 words. (The exact figure depends on size, personal preference, how long those words are, line spacing, etc.)
Have you seen my code for doing this back in LW1? It’s not working now for obvious reasons, but you can take a look the screenshot to get an idea.
Oh cool, did not know about that.
I typed that on mobile so couldn’t explain more, but I think there’s no need to automatically collapse comments, if you just make the comments take up the whole width of the browser window, and highlight the comments with high karma. This way the user can easily browse through lots of comments by just scrolling down, and choose which comments direct their eyes at, without having to click on anything.
(The automatic collapse feature might still be useful on smaller screens.)
If comments took up the whole width of my browser window, I would find them acutely unpleasant to read. I like my text fairly small and I have my window full-screen; text becomes difficult to read when each line is more than about 15-20 words. (The exact figure depends on size, personal preference, how long those words are, line spacing, etc.)