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> Right now that's indeed true. If later on there were to be > a lot of intervening comments, it'd be more difficult to > tell immediately who the respo
by kwantam 15y ago
> Right now that's indeed true. If later on there were to be
> a lot of intervening comments, it'd be more difficult to
> tell immediately who the response was directed to.
Not really. Making relationships between messages clear is kind of the point of tree-structured comments.
- cshesse 15y agoIt is the point, but it doesn't always work. I have had to use my mouse to record the current level of indentation and then scroll up to find the parent post on some sites.
- beagle3 15y agoBut you do remember who said what without scrolling, even if it is 3 screens up? (do you even care WHO said it at all or just what was said?) Also "use my mouse to record the level of indention" is wrong. It is perfectly visual. "On some sites" - maybe, but not on HN. And we're discussing (on HN) a comment made on HN. To me, your argument makes no sense and looks like a rationalization of "damn it, I'm used to seeing this style, and I'm going to find an excuse to use it on HN whether it makes sense or not"
- mgkimsal 15y agoWhen the leaves in the tree move around (or disappear) based on points/scoring/etc, it's still harder to parse than something like slashdot where the positions don't change.
- bostonvaulter2 15y agoThe parent child relationships never disappear.