Reply hierarchy improvement

Amit Gupta

When any developer answer to a question by pressing reply button. Its complicated to assume the actual reply.

So my suggestion is to put reply button in each post. So that we can differenciate between the actual answer and proper comments and reader gets more benefit.

2 Replies

Know the answer? Post it — somebody with the same question will find it here.

Nitin Sontakke10y ago
Few more things:

1/ I have not taken pains to identify what is the off-set, but dates are definitely not being shown in my local timezone. This should be available as a profile setting.

2/ More to what Manas mentioned, the original posters comments are also now shown as answers. The comments from original poster should be visible different than others.

The overall look and feel of site should also be changed with times. The best example i have seen is Experts Exchange. The site is now changed beyond recognition.

Needless to mention, we as a developers know very well that it is easy to ask for feature than implement it.

However, so long as these things are on plate, that is okay.
Manas Mohapatra10y ago
Yes, it would better if we have a reply button each answer. I have couple of points to add here:

1. All comments/answers are considered as answers but it not actually all are answers. Suppose an authors will have some doubt on questions they can add comments, here it is considered as one answer.

2. Comments needs to be different from answer(view wise).

3. It would be better if we have add comment button in each answer. Anyone add comments answer specific.