On Sep 2, 2009, at 2:44 AM, Adrian Lang wrote:
I say we should not try to distinguish between resends and replies
(in the database or user interface).
What about in machine-readable output streams? I ask since I just
looked over a patch I actually like from Toby Inkster[0] wherein
repeated notices have additional semantic metadata associated with
them in RSS 1.0 and Atom feeds. It doesn't alter the database or user
interface in any way, but it does add some useful metadata all the same.
First of all, the difference
between these concepts is far from clear when resends may be edited.
Second, I see no gain from doing this. Displaying both types of
reactions in a conversation and with in_context link seems perfect to
me.
This is not related to content-band signaling using for example a
resend
symbol.
Regards,
Adrian
For what it's worth, I'm in agreement with you that there doesn't
seem to be a benefit to an end-user to visually distinguish between
repeated notices or replies (♺ vs @ is already enough), and the less
cognitive clutter users need to deal with, the better. The first
thing I do when I see a lot of buttons is touch none of them. :)
Cheers,
-Meitar Moscovitz
Personal: http://maymay.net
Professional: http://MeitarMoscovitz.com
[0] http://gitorious.org/~meitar/laconica/meitar/commit/
d62b8ec987d7eaa331741e960d2c9c036a2d4df5
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