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Another MemeStreams Update
by Decius at 1:09 am EDT, May 31, 2005

Several annoyances with the threads have been repaired:

1. Previously the URL was displayed at the top of a thread. This made the thread hard to read in browsers that will not wrap long lines of unbroken text. The URL has been replaced with its title.

2. The redundant post cleaner is now smarter, and it lists the names of the people whose posts were cleaned at the bottom of the thread.

3. A small UI change was made to make the thread look more like a thread. This change was applied to the memebox as well. In particular, the sender's name was moved to the top. In a discussion you want to see the person's name first.


 
RE: Another MemeStreams Update
by noteworthy at 1:26 am EDT, May 31, 2005

Decius wrote:
] Several annoyances with the threads have been repaired:
]
] 2. The redundant post cleaner is now smarter, and it lists the
] names of the people whose posts were cleaned at the bottom of
] the thread.

Close, but not quite. Nevertheless, let me say that I am pleased to see the arrival of this change, if only because I have found myself frequently at a loss of visibility when it comes to the peculiarities of the "redundant post cleaner".

The remaining glitch is probably just a code typo. Take, for example, my recent Lifebox post, which was quickly picked up by Rattle.

Although I am the original poster, my name appears nowhere on this page. The top entry says "Rattle" and the footer says "Rattle", too.

It is true that oaknet's reply was sent to Rattle, rather than to me. But the effect of "threading" the discussion is that my original post has been completely shadowed.

This thread is only one example; similar shadowing effects are seen widely.


  
RE: Another MemeStreams Update
by Decius at 9:56 am EDT, May 31, 2005

noteworthy wrote:
] It is true that oaknet's reply was sent to Rattle, rather than
] to me. But the effect of "threading" the discussion is that
] my original post has been completely shadowed.
]
] This thread is only one example; similar shadowing effects are
] seen widely.

This has been repaired.


There is a redundant post from Rattle not displayed in this view.
 
 
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