after successfully posting a comment ...
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 4:20 pm
... my original text still appears in the comment box at the bottom of the page. I understand this feature was added recently to make it easier to retry a failed captcha, and I'm grateful for that improvement. But do we also need it when the post succeeded?
In a similar vein, it isn't always obvious when a post has failed since the page displays scrolled back up to the top - any message about the post failing is down the bottom and it's necessary to scroll down to find out whether the post succeeded. After a fair few munged captchas I've got into the habbit of scrolling back down to see my new comment to confirm it really did post OK.
It would be great if after a successful post the new page was automatically scrolled to the position of the new comment, and after a failed post it was scrolled to the position of the comment box (nicely filled in with the previous comment and with a message to explain why the post failed, as you already have it).
Hope this thread is the right way to make this suggestion - I've seen the new features discussed in various places but none seemed the right place to suggest enhancements to it.
In a similar vein, it isn't always obvious when a post has failed since the page displays scrolled back up to the top - any message about the post failing is down the bottom and it's necessary to scroll down to find out whether the post succeeded. After a fair few munged captchas I've got into the habbit of scrolling back down to see my new comment to confirm it really did post OK.
It would be great if after a successful post the new page was automatically scrolled to the position of the new comment, and after a failed post it was scrolled to the position of the comment box (nicely filled in with the previous comment and with a message to explain why the post failed, as you already have it).
Hope this thread is the right way to make this suggestion - I've seen the new features discussed in various places but none seemed the right place to suggest enhancements to it.