10 votes

Anyone else confusing quotes and OP comments when scrolling through a thread

Posted by ajar
Tags: ui, op, color, ask.survey

I'm glad we got that extra highlight for OP comments on a post. However, sometimes when scrolling down a post, and looking for OP's comments, I will stop thinking I've found one when actually it's just a quote inside someone else's comment, which is highlighted with the same color.

Maybe we could get rid of the quote highlight and just use the indentation and lighter background? Or use another color for either of the two? Or do you think it's fine like it is now?

NOTE: I always browse of mobile and use the solarized dark theme, not sure if this is the same with other settings.

3 comments

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    Deimos
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    Thanks, agreed that it was a bit confusing. I changed the border on the blockquotes to be a thinner dotted one now, which I think still gives a similar look but isn't confusingly similar to the OP...

    Thanks, agreed that it was a bit confusing. I changed the border on the blockquotes to be a thinner dotted one now, which I think still gives a similar look but isn't confusingly similar to the OP post stripe.

    4 votes
    1. ajar
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      Definitely better. Thanks!

      Definitely better. Thanks!

      2 votes
  2. sid
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    I didn't notice this until you pointed it out, but I do agree that it's confusing. A different color could work well.

    I didn't notice this until you pointed it out, but I do agree that it's confusing. A different color could work well.

    3 votes