forum.dlang.org, version 2 (BETA)

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 6/4/15 5:49 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 00:46:11 UTC, Mike wrote:
>> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 00:37:20 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>>
>>>> It appears the horizontal split puts the latest thread at the bottom
>>>> of the list instead of the top.  I think that should be reversed.
>>>
>>> I think not, as that would mean that threads are sorted in one
>>> direction, but posts within a thread are sorted in another.
>>
>> That seems natural to me.
>
> Consider the space bar's current functionality: it jumps to the next
> unread post. How would it work in this scheme? Would it go down within a
> thread and then jump up to the next thread? Or would it keep going down,
> going through older posts within a thread but newer threads?
>
> An option to reverse sorting direction could be added I suppose, but...
> why do you say that your proposal seems natural? Is it implemented that
> way elsewhere?
>
> The horizontal-split mode (and its sorting direction) is not new, BTW.

It's one of those human things - what's logical is not the most 
intuitive. -- Andrei