By: Moochman
One more bit of feedback: on mobile it would be nice if the comment threading was achieved with minimal indentation. Currently nested comments show as long thin columns of text that are hard to read and take forever to scroll through.
Slashdot provides a good example of how it's still possible to keep threaded comments intact even on mobile. The key seems to be more moderate font size and indentation.
By: tonyyeb
I just wanted to say a big thanks for saving OSAlert.com and creating this more modern incarnation of it all for us to use for FREE! I personally would like to offer firstly my thanks, secondly I echo those offering a subscription payment like Patreon or similar and thirdly my time to assist with any news item posting, article writing, promotion etc.
By: tonyyeb
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10397893">Adam Scheinberg</a>.
Zing!
By: The123king
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10397753">mf</a>.
Yuss. We need the old fonts/colour scheme back.
By: Soulbender
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10397750">Alfman</a>.
I can see why they went with it but in addition to being cokie-cutter, WordPress is the single worst piece of software in the world. Ok, maybe Drupal is worse but that's it.
Just happy I'm not the one maintaining it (I have enough headaches with our corporate one. WP and modern DevOps is not a fun combination).
By: Alfman
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10398052">zima</a>.
zima,
<blockquote>Actually, I didn’t miss it and even replied to it, with “Hm, I used the default tree view so, typically, for me those weren’t at the end… ” (ctrl+f it ) …that _you_ missed this reply only shows, I guess, that the current comment system is not yet optimal …oh well, let’s hope / I’m sure it will improve.</blockquote>
I've fulfilled my own prophecy.
By: zima
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10397837">motang</a>.
[q]Also would be it possible to have comment box on top of the comment so us (the users) don’t have to scroll all the way down?[/q]
Press "End" on your keyboard. :P
By: zima
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10398049">Alfman</a>.
[q]Hmm, somehow I never saw this on the old site? I must have been blind.[/q]
I think it wasn't present in chronological view which you used.
[q]I guess you missed it, but I did mention this problem earlier and even used your name in doing so “I’m almost sure to miss the summary posts at the end of many of the user threads on the old site that zima was known for, haha.”[/q]
Actually, I didn't miss it and even replied to it, with "Hm, I used the default tree view so, typically, for me those weren’t at the end… :P " (ctrl+f it :P ) ...that _you_ missed this reply only shows, I guess, that the current comment system is not yet optimal ...oh well, let's hope / I'm sure it will improve.
By: Alfman
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10398015">zima</a>.
zima,
<blockquote>If I may make a suggestion (that for some inexplicable reason nobody else has made… ;P ), bring back greying-out of old / already read/opened last time comments, so that new ones, in black font, will stand out in the discussion.
Also, why time format is now EST, while previously it was properly GMT I think? </blockquote>
Hmm, somehow I never saw this on the old site? I must have been blind.
Anyways I do agree that without the ability to quickly view the latest posts, keeping track of the discussion becomes unwieldy. I guess you missed it, but I did mention this problem earlier and even used your name in doing so "I’m almost sure to miss the summary posts at the end of many of the user threads on the old site that zima was known for, haha." :)
Adam's shown some interest in some of the scripts I posted earlier ( http://vocabit.com/osnews/ ), so assuming all goes well we could get sortable comments back.
By: Alfman
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10398015">zima</a>.
zima,
<blockquote>Kinda funny that you moved to WordPress while quite recently I was getting on OSAlert ads “Goodbye WordPress, hello Duda”. (and though I didn’t click on those, so I don’t know what was behind them, I do click on OSAlert ads relatively often, they quite often have something interesting for me)</blockquote>
I never like ads, but at least osnews got a commission for those.
Here are the ads I'm getting right now from my ISP who's decided to hijack connections to promote their own content. I absolutely despise this practice, I haven't agreed to it. They do this a couple times a week. This is exactly the sort of thing ISPs start getting away with when telecom industry representatives are put in charge of the FTC.
https://i.postimg.cc/SsTbTrQD/osnews-hijack.png
I could type HTTPS or install a browser extension that defaults to HTTPS, but it's total BS that my ISP thinks it's ok to hijack HTTP connections to display their own ads on top. I solved their DNS hijacking years ago by using a 3rd party DNS, but it's despicable that they're actively intercepting and modifying web traffic for hosts they don't own. And of course there's no competition here so it's not like I can vote with my feet. So frustrating!
By: gonk23
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10398008">mail4asim</a>.
Yes. It used to appear on a dark background, but now appears on a light background so it's hardly visible.
By: spambot
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10397998">ilovebeer</a>.
[q]As far as using maximized windows to view the web (or anything else for that matter), that’s simple. To maximize the amount of available content at one time. [/q]
You mean to tell me you are reading 3-5 different websites/things at the same time, in parallel? Sounds awful. I can't imagine you're able to do any deep reading or remember what you've read 10 minutes ago...
By: modmans2ndcoming
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10397742">miker</a>.
Agree!!!
By: zima
Kinda funny that you moved to Wordpress while quite recently I was getting on OSAlert ads "Goodbye Wordpress, hello Duda". ;) (and though I didn't click on those, so I don't know what was behind them, I do click on OSAlert ads relatively often, they quite often have something interesting for me)
Anyways, thank you for keeping OSAlert alive, looking good.
If I may make a suggestion (that for some inexplicable reason nobody else has made... ;P ), bring back greying-out of old / already read/opened last time comments, so that new ones, in black font, will stand out in the discussion.
Also, why time format is now EST, while previously it was properly GMT I think? ;)
By: zima
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10397936">Eugenia Loli</a>.
Looking forward to your return. :)
By: zima
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/128924/what-happened-here/#comment-10397934">Adam Scheinberg</a>.
I miss from the old OSAlert the way old comments, already present when discussion was last opened, were greyed out - this way the new comments, in black font, stood out and one could quickly scan through threaded view to read new comments; I got used to reading OSAlert that way so much that I could spend little time in following virtually all OSAlert comments. Now that this is gone, following longer discussions might become a chore... :(
Anyways, thank you for keeping OSAlert alive. :)