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I'm not sure a recent comments sidebar would fit the aesthetic of Hacker News. The HN software is currently storing whether you've hidden certain comment chains
by unimpressive 10y ago
I'm not sure a recent comments sidebar would fit the aesthetic of Hacker News. The HN software is currently storing whether you've hidden certain comment chains or not, so perhaps it could store what comments existed in what thread when you last visited.
- KajMagnus 10y agoHmm. Not sure I understand this. How would this information be presented to the user? And would the computer somehow assume I've read all comments currently present on the page / in the current comment chain?
- krapp 10y agoYou could highlight the first comment of each new subthread, or have an option to collapse the threads down to that point. You could even have a single button that scrolls down to each consecutive new comment chain. But it would probably have to be a lot more minimalistic than a new sidebar.
- KajMagnus 10y agoOk, that sounds like the Chrome extension that adds "orange lines next to new comments since your last visit", mentioned in this comment (on this same page): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12664187 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12664187 A button to scroll down to the next unread comment thread sounds interesting.