Text size of Topics & Comments…
I’m looking at the site on Firefox.
Is there a reason why you have the the text of a comment smaller than the text of the topic. Seems like they should be the same size.
Just for the record, I like to get the most on the screen that I can read so I have my brower’s text size set somewhat small (Verdana size 12). Would be interesting to know what others have theirs set to.
Updated. I varied the type size to distinguish the original post from the last reply, which always appears directly below. I’m concerned that the order of posts is potentially confusing. It looks like this:
—original
—last reply
—earlier reply
—first reply
Without some kind of indicator, it might be hard to tell, without scrutinizing dates, exactly which post came first. My hope is that the larger type size creates enough of a break, but the issue is by no means resolved.
—ORIGINAL
—last reply
—earlier reply
—first reply
I maintained a discussion group for our students and we did it so it was all in chronological order. Original note, first reply, second reply which seemed to make sense to me then.
At least I would argue that there is no reason to make the replies harder to read.
When you go to the list can you make the original note in bold or something like that?
You’re so right. I just reversed the sort. The new order makes a lot more sense.
The reason I resisted is that the Printer’s Yellow Pages comments thread uses the same comments engine. On Yellow Pages listings, I would want to see the latest review on the top, not the bottom.
Never mind — the Discussion section should take precedence, since it will be used more. Thanks for persuading me to make the change. The order is now:
—original
—first reply
—second reply
—last reply
Ah, much better.