[Python-Dev] Please revert autofolding of tracker edit form

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Fri Apr 1 03:06:30 CEST 2011


Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> I would like to try putting the comment box after the last (most 
>> recent) comment, as that is the message one most ofter responds to. 
>> Having to now scroll up and down between comment box and last 
>> message(s) is often of a nuisance.
> 
> While that sounds logical, I think it will be a usability problem.  If 
> someone doesn't see a the comment box immediately, they may not know to 
> scroll down past dozens of messages to find it.

Are there cases where someone should be posting new comments who 
/hasn't/ read the existing comments?  I would hope that new comments 
would come only after reading what has already transpired -- in which 
case one would find the comment box when one runs out of previous 
comments to read.

~Ethan~


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