newsgroup web viewer

[bcs]

On 11/15/2011 09:03 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> bcs Wrote:
>> Either that's not working, it's not what I want or the stylesheet thing
>> is getting in the way.
>
> Stylesheet... did a quick adjustment, try now:
>
> http://arsdnet.net/d-web-site/nntp/get-thread?newsgroup=digitalmars.D&messageId=%3Cj9ps5n%2430nq%241%40digitalmars.com%3E&ordering=ByParent
>

Cut the tab size by about 60% and that's usable. OTOH it will still end 
up with a column size of -10 pt about the time threads get interesting.

>> Do you actually enjoy having to guess what something is in reply to?
>
> There's no guesswork at all. People quote what they are replying to when it
> matters, like you and I are doing now.

And if anyone keeps more than about 3 layers of quoting you need to be 
Tolstoy to be more than half the content. And it still doesn't solve the 
problem because it's still not the original full message.

>
>> Or
>> how about the fun you can have trying to locate replies to a given post?
>
> On the other hand, finding new posts is virtually impossible with a tree
> view, because it's mixed in at random.
>

Nope, finding them is trivial. I hit the N key or look for the bold 
titles. Admittedly, a bit harder to do in a web interface than a "real" 
client.

>> Or what about when one branch of a thread goes off on a interesting
>> tangent and another dives down a rabbit hole you couldn't care less about?
>
> This might be an idea to put into the UI. All the parent information is
> there, so it could zap a subthread out of view instantly, regardless of view mode.