Suggestion to make comments more compact (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by atomicorange@lemmy.world to c/memmy@lemmy.ml

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The new buttons for commenting and voting take up a whole bunch of space at the bottom of each comment. I think it would be more compact and readable if those buttons move up to the top of the comment.

The comment button could move right next to the three dot menu (or comment could become an option in the three dot menu).

The vote buttons could be combined with the vote counters already displayed (i.e. click the upvote arrow or upvote count to upvote the comment).

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[-] SoonerMagic@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I’m assuming you don’t want the swipe actions, correct? The comment buttons in bottom right can be disabled, but as you mentioned the functionality isn’t baked into the things you described. Only swiping.

Profile —> Settings —> Content —> Comments —> show comment actions.

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Awesome, I didn’t realize you could switch them off! I use gestures so losing the buttons totally solves this for me. Thanks for the help!

[-] ritswd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Oh wow, thanks for that! I’ve been swiping so they were useless to me. I wish it said “show comment buttons” instead of “actions”, I would have understood what it meant when I looked at settings the other day.

[-] minorsecond@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

That looks much better!

[-] nowaybehind@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Absolutely, needs slightly more refinement. I keep switching between apps and I feel like this impacts the reading experience.

That being said…the app is only a month old. I am sure this will be changed over time.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Likewise, in the post feed, make the up and down arrows by the vote counts clickable.

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

This. I really want to scroll and upvote one-handed while I hold my infant lol.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Those arrows were clickable in Apollo, so I’ve got muscle memory working against me.

[-] mancy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Seconded!

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One of the devs did not like the idea of the vote counters being clickable. Hence the buttons.

https://github.com/Memmy-App/memmy/issues/423

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Aww. Maybe they’ll reconsider one day.

[-] CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t mind them personally, tho I admit that I use gestures more than anything.

[-] samokosik@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe focus solely on gestures?

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

You can hide the buttons in the settings and just use gestures

[-] fraydabson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Even with disabling comment options I do think it would be a nice QoL change to allow hitting the number of votes to vote (ontop of leaving swiping how it is)

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