-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 29/04/14 09:34, Ben Laurie wrote: >> On a large screen, the best example I've come across is Reddit: >> clear nesting, plus a parent link in every message in case the >> nesting gets deep and the context isn't clear. But nesting is >> better suited to conversations with a high branching factor than >> conversations that go back and forth between a few participants. >> Do you know of any other good examples? > > Apart from difficulty of display, threading involves choosing what > you are replying to, which is not what one normally does in a chat > app.
To me, 'chat' implies a linear low-latency conversation. I agree that threads aren't needed for chats - but if we want to support non-linear and/or high-latency conversations, it may make sense to support threads in order to loosen the synchronisation requirements. Cheers, Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJTYXLCAAoJEBEET9GfxSfM8cUIAKsKgAaXdKqVlFww9tRk/cwc rd84lRsfzi4T7D/93STQOTjXRJpjTFo7/paQa4scsYrT15hXq87x2rYdLmuRaQy3 TKYTcWed4did0SkaC68m11Z0FAKXqNZKWuIhJiL61Ju3pAokvfREalldKmtEIE7e LbH8dbVhfjQHtX41NIrcE4xr0LYkEuMdqxG8MVUVL9qaa9L6cC+sP4A6GrjU463a ZJzfTOxDJu4x3QAvpMsIJfvsZ2nW/kkSl538AKKengnUHwXypj+PR5JEVtLG0Dxu Eobm5WW3x9I2Q44pzfeIE5BPts6lpfgANA4AywrzwPnyrDik6UZB9+5fCVxTeLQ= =lkcr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Messaging mailing list [email protected] https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/messaging
