| > "What would make it better?" I'd like if it could be made possible to favorite directly in the thread, very much like the Refined Hacker News extension from the OP does. They have an animated screenshot that shows it very well[1]. Currently you first have to go to the comment (or story) itself (by clicking on the "xx minutes ago" or "xx hours ago" link) then click on "favorite" and finally go back to the thread to continue reading. For comments this adds friction and throws one out of context reading the thread. It is not too bad for stories - adding a story to favorites without having read some comments might not be something to be encouraged anyway. > "Making the links work the same way as vote and flag?" For me vote and flag work differently but flag and favorite work the same way.
I can vote from a thread but cannot flag and favorite from a thread. I believe making favorite work like vote, in the sense that it can be done from the thread, would be a good thing with little downsides. A minor improvement would be to not have "flag" and "favorite" links next to each other. On mobile it sometimes happens to me that I accidentally flag when I want to favorite. Given that flagging can be easily undone, this is not a big problem. In my opinion having something harmless like "parent" next to favorite would be better still. > "The intention was for users to browse others' favorites to find interesting things to read [..]" I do that and I find it valuable but I have to admit that it is not without problems. When I go through favorite lists I don't know why someone found an item interesting enough to add it. In reality there can be a whole bouquet of reasons, just as an example: For me as an English as a second language speaker, I sometimes add an item just because I find the phrasing interesting or I found a new to me and interesting use of a word. A reader of my list will probably not be aware of that and might draw the wrong conclusions about why I added the item to the list. [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-... |
