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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| Feb 13, 2022 at 13:29 | comment | added | Toby Speight | On the sites I'm most active in, I like my usual setting to be by activity - If I'm revisiting a question because it has new or updated answers, I just want to look through those, to see what's changed (and perhaps change a vote accordingly). It would be frustrating to have to select that for every single post. It's only when I'm seeking help that I temporarily change to sorting by votes. | |
| Feb 10, 2022 at 17:05 | comment | added | Marijn | @PM2Ring I agree that a setting should not change by itself but you could consider it a per-question setting instead of per-site. When I change the sort order to Active for example I usually only want to see that for a specific question, and I'm annoyed that I have to change it back on the next question I view. Or even consider it a per-pageview setting, similar to "show n more comments". | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 19:47 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | @CrisLuengo I suppose that may be less confusing, but I suspect that many regulars would consider it annoying. When I set a setting, I like it to stay set, until I explicitly change it. | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 18:48 | comment | added | VLAZ | @Tinkeringbell It comes up often enough that there is even a canonical dupe on MSO. | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 18:07 | comment | added | Cris Luengo | How about not saving the sort order, always reverting to the default? Would that be more confusing or less confusing? @AnitaTaylor | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:24 | comment | added | Tinkeringbell Mod | @AnitaTaylor the UI element sounds like a good idea, as I've seen questions on here from time to time from users that forgot/didn't realize they changed their sort order. So that's already a problem, not just something you'll run in to when adding a lowest score sort | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:19 | comment | added | Anita Taylor StaffMod | I think having lowest score be the only option to not save in your preferences would be inconsistent and confusing, but our designers are considering adding a UI element (more subtle than a banner) that indicates when you have selected a sort that is not the Score default | |
| Feb 8, 2022 at 17:17 | history | answered | GlorfindelMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |