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#1: Initial revision
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Peter Taylor
·
2021-06-24T13:18:24Z (over 3 years ago)
> ## Posting comments > > You can add a comment to an existing thread from the full thread. > > ... > > You can **create a new thread** using the "start a new comment thread" button under the list of threads on the post. You'll be invited to type a comment and provide a name: There's some inconsistency here. I can "Start new comment thread" directly from the question's page and it pops up a dialog, but to add a comment to an existing thread I need to "See the whole thread" in another page, even if it's already showing all of the comments. I can understand not wanting people to comment on a thread without reading it all first, but at present all of the use cases seem sub-ideal to me. I propose three changes: 1. Make "See the whole thread" load it in place rather than in a new page. 2. When all of the thread is visible, replace "See the whole thread" with "Reply to this thread". 3. Make both "Start new comment thread" and "Reply to this thread" insert the form inline rather than in a dialog, so that it's possible to select text for quotation.