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This is off-topic, but since PG reads this thread: Please add back the "by " in front of each comment. It was useful because if I wanted to see all comments b

by davidu 15y ago

This is off-topic, but since PG reads this thread: Please add back the "by " in front of each comment. It was useful because if I wanted to see all comments by PG on a page, I could Ctrl-F and just look for "by pg" but now I can't -- if I just search for "pg" I get people talking about you, rather than only comments by you. A very small UI tweak probably to remove clutter, but it served a purpose, albeit a very small one. :-) -David

tptacek 15y ago
You know you can just use HNSearch and filter on a user, or use "http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mechanical_fish http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mechanical_fish (that's pretty much how I read the site now).
- blhack 15y ago
  I'm quite certain that David is talking about viewing somebody's comments within an individual thread. The page that you're talking about will display all of the threads they've commented in at the same time. They're close, but not quite the same thing.
  - davidu 15y ago
    indeed.
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brlewis 15y ago
You are not entirely off-topic in that "by" still shows for comments where you can see the number of points.
- davidu 15y ago
  Which I think are only your own comments... at least for me, I only see the "by" for my own.
igorgue 15y ago
pg(space) works most of the time, since there're not many words that ends on "pg" and not a lot of users I suppose. EDIT: Well.. unless it's an "Ask PG" :-)
- timothya 15y ago
  His point is that he wants to find which posts are by PG, not other posts talking about PG. "PG<space>" would not improve the search results.
- davidu 15y ago
  That will generally do the opposite of what I want.
davweb 15y ago
In proof of your point I was searching for comments by PG and instead found your request.
morrow 15y ago
In the meantime, I created a JavaScript bookmarklet that searches for, highlights, and cycles through comments that match a hn username regex query (default is /^pg$/) on the current page, if you're interested. https://gist.github.com/1293929 https://gist.github.com/1293929

by davidu 15y ago

tptacek 15y ago

You know you can just use HNSearch and filter on a user, or use "http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mechanical_fish http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mechanical_fish (that's pretty much how I read the site now).

blhack 15y ago
I'm quite certain that David is talking about viewing somebody's comments within an individual thread. The page that you're talking about will display all of the threads they've commented in at the same time. They're close, but not quite the same thing.
- davidu 15y ago
  indeed.

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brlewis 15y ago

You are not entirely off-topic in that "by" still shows for comments where you can see the number of points.

davidu 15y ago
Which I think are only your own comments... at least for me, I only see the "by" for my own.

igorgue 15y ago

pg(space) works most of the time, since there're not many words that ends on "pg" and not a lot of users I suppose. EDIT: Well.. unless it's an "Ask PG" :-)

timothya 15y ago
His point is that he wants to find which posts are by PG, not other posts talking about PG. "PG<space>" would not improve the search results.
davidu 15y ago
That will generally do the opposite of what I want.

davweb 15y ago

In proof of your point I was searching for comments by PG and instead found your request.

morrow 15y ago

In the meantime, I created a JavaScript bookmarklet that searches for, highlights, and cycles through comments that match a hn username regex query (default is /^pg$/) on the current page, if you're interested. https://gist.github.com/1293929 https://gist.github.com/1293929