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The very first thing I tried to do was click on the words "comments" and "points" to sort the entries by that column. Placing those columns on the left-hand si
by futuremint 16y ago
The very first thing I tried to do was click on the words "comments" and "points" to sort the entries by that column.
Placing those columns on the left-hand side gives them the highest importance. Is that the intention of this UI?
- wvl 16y agoI can understand why you thought they would be sortable. However, it's designed around being a chronological list. When I want to scan the higher rated stories, I use the filter links -- top 10, top 20, top 50%. Sorting by points or comments does make some sense, however, it is also a function of how long a story has been posted -- so I don't really think a javascript sort in place would be too useful. As for the UI design -- I wanted a simple list of stories that I could scan, plus I wanted to be able to see the points and number of comments associated with that story. While I understand your point about highest importance, if I had placed the numbers on the right the ragged right nature of the text would make it hard to scan.