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army1987 comments on Open Thread, June 16-30, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 June 2013 04:40:48PM 4 points [-]

I second Nancy and Vladimir in disliking it.

Maybe it could be made a user preference, the way it is for the Recent Comments page.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 June 2013 10:51:11PM 1 point [-]

I would definitely like to see it as a user preference.

Also, how do people feel about the relatively subtle color change for new comments which has replaced the bright green edge?

Comment author: [deleted] 18 June 2013 08:19:27AM 5 points [-]

I liked the green edge more.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 June 2013 11:47:05AM *  1 point [-]

I'm finding the new version usable-- the green edge might allow for faster scanning, but the new version isn't bad with a little practice.

On the other hand, if there are multiple new comments in a thread, I find that I miss the alternating white/pale blue way of distinguishing comments. It would be nice to have two pastels instead of one.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 23 June 2013 02:20:35PM *  2 points [-]

The visual difference between a new comment and an old comment should be greater than the difference between two old comments.

How about using two pastel colors for the old comments... and using the white background for the new comments?

It would also be nice to have e.g. a small green "NEW" text in the corner of new comments, so I can quickly find a few new comments in a long discussion by using the "Find Next" functionality of my browser. (Because I don't have a functionality to search a comment based on its background color.)

Comment author: TheOtherDave 23 June 2013 02:30:04PM 3 points [-]

If you're going to do this at all, it should be a more-likely-unique string (eg "!new!" rather than "NEW").

Comment author: ModusPonies 21 June 2013 04:17:53AM 1 point [-]

I much prefer the new version. It's far easier to spot new comments.