How many bugs can you spot in this incident?
For some reason many old threads I once participated in have sprung to life in My Threads. I almost wish I could ignore them.
Posters are replying somewhere inside the thread (e.g. some subthread) and leaving no context to what they are replying to.
I go to My Settings and toggle Threading on. When I return I am still at the bottom of the thread. No thread context. I go into an RSS view and see where I would like to start and click on that. I am returned to the bottom
of the thread!?
Edit: I used the RSS view to find the message. I only toggled into Thread view to find the message context. Why not let the message show itself in the Thread view?
I decide to reply. After Submit I find that toggling Threading has broken my signature. Edit that. Return to My Settings to toggle Threading off and fix my signature.
How about providing a button for toggling threading that works immediately?
Cross-post this to Suggestions if desired. I think these are usability defects.
Now I find out if my signature is working again. I would definitely use a Submit preview if one was available. <eg>
Edit: the signature was messed up. my fault. I was not allowed to change it and use it with an edit so I deleted that instance of it and still have not tested whether it works properly.
Edit: I added some more suggestions which were obvious implications from the above UX defects.
BTW the reason that I am now using a signature and the reason that I always sign at least one post in full is that this seems to be the only way that I can make search help me find my posts. Fix the search and I won't need to sign.
Robert Aldwinckle
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