Thread:Feedback/Some feedback

I started using LiquidThreads at the strategy wiki. It's very cool. I had some immediate thoughts though.


 * Comments take up an awful lot more space than on a standard wiki page. I think signatures should default to being displayed directly after the comment, with no line break. There's also a lot of white space between comments that could be tightened up.


 * New replies to the same message appear above older ones, rather than below. That seems contrary to the way wiki discussions (and even forums) normally work. Was this intentional? It feels confusing.


 * I keep seeing the "you have new messages" notification, no matter how many times I've clicked it and read my messages. That notification message should be cleared once the "new messages" page is viewed, similar to the way the standard mediawiki "new message notification" is cleared for messages left on one's talk page, once the page is merely viewed. I understand there's the "mark as read" button, but that doesn't seem intuitive enough here.


 * The ability to edit other people's comments feels odd. I'm not saying that shouldn't be allowed necessarily, as it always was on wiki pages. The thing is, everyone who is used to wikis and forums knows what to expect of each. In forums, we expect only the posting user and the admin to have the ability to edit their posts. On wiki pages, we know anyone can edit everything. Here we have something that looks like forum postings, yet everyone can edit everything. More so than on wiki pages, the editing of others' comments is much more convincing. Perhaps some small disclaimers strategically placed in the interface might address this, but I'm open to other suggestions. I did notice, by the way, the "this message has been edited by other users" message, but that doesn't seem like enough.

That's about all. Sorry if I seem critical; I realize this is still in development, and I'm only trying to be helpful. Hopefully my opinions will useful. Thanks!