Timeline for Revisiting changes to answer sorting menu: better use of space, moving menu into a dropdown, ascending/descending sort options, clearer descriptions
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| Mar 26, 2022 at 6:32 | answer | added | tdy | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 21, 2022 at 15:55 | history | edited | V2BlastStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 4, 2022 at 12:07 | answer | added | simonalexander2005 | timeline score: -2 | |
| Feb 15, 2022 at 15:06 | comment | added | TylerH | @Shog9 My point above was that a "link" should not be used to set a (persistent) preference, as that's not what "link" means. I'm aware the new design will also be persistent (or at least, I've assumed that since it wasn't specified as changing in Anita's announcement). | |
| Feb 15, 2022 at 1:27 | comment | added | Shog9 | Read the response to Toby's answer, @Tyler - the sorting preference will remain sticky. It remains to be seen whether this will also remain implemented via a querystring + navigation or via some other route, but my default assumption is no changes unless there's a note to the contrary. | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 19:49 | comment | added | TylerH | @Shog9 I see, yes you can force them to act somewhat like normal links in terms of URI fragment loading, but normal usage (left-clicking) is what I'm talking about. And yes, that also leads to the horrible unintended behavior of "opening this as a link in a new tab sets your sort preference site-wide, hope you realize that". I think a dropdown list that removes that possibility is a win; I don't think there's any loss to not being able to link to a question page with a specific sort-value already selected. At this point it is prob too early to tell how users will tend to use the new options. | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 19:03 | comment | added | Shog9 | Huh? No, they're totally links @tyler - I can open them up in tabs, bookmark them, the whole bit. That isn't always a good thing: there are a bunch of past bugs involving sort options sneaking into permalinks for instance. But it does mean that the behavior matches the element used to trigger the behavior. | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 17:33 | comment | added | TylerH |
@Shog9 I guess I don't follow. While the current sorting options are indeed a elements, they don't behave like standard anchor links... they act like toggle buttons. The only real change I see is that you won't be able to see all available options without clicking at least once (which I agree is unfortunate, but ultimately necessary if we're to add several more options to the list).
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| Feb 14, 2022 at 17:11 | history | edited | Anita TaylorStaffMod |
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| Feb 13, 2022 at 13:34 | answer | added | Toby Speight | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 12, 2022 at 0:36 | comment | added | Shog9 | Links are nice, @Tyler. I donno; it's a personal thing I guess, I just hate form fields that trigger navigation. | |
| Feb 11, 2022 at 20:28 | comment | added | TylerH | @Shog9 Wishing they were radio buttons instead, eh? | |
| Feb 10, 2022 at 23:52 | comment | added | Shog9 | I love everything about this except the <select> | |
| Feb 10, 2022 at 18:08 | history | edited | Anita TaylorStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 10, 2022 at 10:54 | answer | added | Stephen Ostermiller | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 10, 2022 at 9:00 | comment | added | walen | @Luuklag It's a long post. There is versioning info, yes -- waaay down the page (I had to scroll four times for it to display). There is Activity info, yes -- which may or may not have anything to do with the question itself, as it also includes answer activity. I think recurring visitors will appreciate having that Updated notice right at the top of the post, so they know there's new content in the question. Heaps better than scrolling down, realizing there's been new edits since the last time you visited, and scrolling up again (or going to Revisions) to (try to) identify the new bits. | |
| Feb 9, 2022 at 19:40 | comment | added | Luuklag | Anita, what is your rationale to post an "Updated" at the top of your question. There is an indicator that shows recent activity, and there is versioning available to see what changed... | |
| Feb 9, 2022 at 19:30 | answer | added | JDB | timeline score: 9 | |
| Feb 9, 2022 at 17:54 | answer | added | Michael come lately | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 9, 2022 at 17:25 | answer | added | ColleenV | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 9, 2022 at 17:03 | history | edited | Anita TaylorStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 9, 2022 at 11:34 | comment | added | hkotsubo | I really don't understand why all changes are not handled the same way. While this one does the - IMO - correct thing (ask for feedback before changing, A/B testing, etc), another changes are made in a totally different way (changing before asking, ignores feedback, etc). Why is that? | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 19:22 | comment | added | Random Person | @charlietfl Or maybe this: Now live: A fully responsive profile | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 19:14 | comment | added | charlietfl | @RandomPerson Yes but that was actually the second stage. The first stage was New responsive Activity page that started but never finished a month prior | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 19:11 | comment | added | Random Person | @charlietfl Are you talking about this: New post summary designs on site home pages and greatest hits now; everywhere else eventually | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 19:05 | comment | added | charlietfl | Would have been nice to use this same design approach and A/B testing for recent list updates that still have lots of bugs and functionality regression. It's been months since that project started in the activity lists and they still have lots of issues | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 19:03 | answer | added | Random Person | timeline score: -6 | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 18:17 | comment | added | Marco Bonelli | Thank you for listening to feedback and stopping to address it before pushing changes to production. Beautiful job. This is how it's done. | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 18:06 | comment | added | Cris Luengo | I think a drop-down is a great idea. | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 18:05 | answer | added | Cris Luengo | timeline score: 30 | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:55 | comment | added | 0Valt | What can I say - bravo! This definitely looks and feels like an improvement. And special thanks for keeping the dropdown on the right to reduce vertical space taken by the layout. 2 cents on the lowest score option - please, please do add it, or it will end up in the same confusion as with "newest" ("why can't I sort by "oldest first" then?" type of thing) - the stated concern about preferences is just as true for any other sort option other than the default one as with this, so it is not really something inherent to the option. Also, it has real use as indicated by ColleenV's answer below | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:36 | history | edited | V2BlastStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:34 | answer | added | ColleenV | timeline score: 38 | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:30 | comment | added | Nick is tired | This seems like a huge improvement over the previously suggested change. 👏 | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:17 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 12 | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:13 | history | asked | Anita TaylorStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |