On 17 March 2015 at 10:49, Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
<bjorsch(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Risker
<risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 17 March 2015 at 09:45, Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
<bjorsch(a)wikimedia.org
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Ricordisamoa <
> > ricordisamoa(a)openmailbox.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Software cannot understand which post a message replies to.
> > >
> >
> > It can, and more easily than with raw wikitext, as long as the
correct
> > "reply" button is used, i.e.
if people actually click reply instead
of
> > using the already-there box for
creating a new "top-level" post in
the
> > topic.
> >
> >
>
> The software can tell, but visually it is nearly impossible to
determine
which
message is being responded to when everything has essentially the
same indent level.
Granted, but that's because the output format is poor rather than the
software being unable to tell.
Thank you, Brad. Is the output format not determined by the parameters in
the software?
The software knows the reply structure, but when outputting it ignores that
structure beyond the maximum depth.
It just strikes me as weird that the software that we
keep being told will
improve communication and collaboration is deliberately designed in such a
way that it is difficult for the human users (as opposed to the software)
to be able to immediately discern who is responding to whom.