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I'd say no. HN doesn't have "enough" chronological order. To find new comments when you're back from lunch, you need to scan the whole discussion from top to bo
by KajMagnus 9y ago
I'd say no. HN doesn't have "enough" chronological order. To find new comments when you're back from lunch, you need to scan the whole discussion from top to bottom.
Here's a demo video of how HN and Reddit could be modified to solve that, i.e. how chronological order could be added to HN:
https://www.talkyard.io/-32/how-hacker-news-can-be-improved-3-things https://www.talkyard.io/-32/how-hacker-news-can-be-improved-...
This part: "1. Finding new comments". I've actually implemented this for real — click "Recent comments" in the upper right corner
- FridgeSeal 9y agoIf you have Reddit gold, Reddit will clearly mark new comments when you revisit a thread. Some apps also do it, the app I use (Sync) will tell me the number of new comment and highlight them when I revisit.