>Surely I can't be the only one that finds this experience cumbersome?
No, not just you. I consider myself a newbie on the board and often have to look at the "time" the comment was posted to see it is new.
FWIW, Here is what is on my Wishlist/what I hope the future holds for HN.. Eh, the audacity of me but here we go;
1) Just like how a new person is shown in a "green color", maybe new comments can be given a color also so once a user reads it under their profile it can change to the regular color. That way, it is easier to know what is new on a thread.
2)Every user based on rank should be assigned a color. To change a color in addition to karma points. This particular idea of rank I got from myfico forum as I contribute over there and it makes things very competitive although it is a different kind of board. Their version of "karma" is kudos. Here is an example of people with different titles and colors - http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/bd-p/creditcard FWIW, I am user Yes-Its-Me on that board.
No, not just you. I consider myself a newbie on the board and often have to look at the "time" the comment was posted to see it is new.
FWIW, Here is what is on my Wishlist/what I hope the future holds for HN.. Eh, the audacity of me but here we go;
1) Just like how a new person is shown in a "green color", maybe new comments can be given a color also so once a user reads it under their profile it can change to the regular color. That way, it is easier to know what is new on a thread.
2)Every user based on rank should be assigned a color. To change a color in addition to karma points. This particular idea of rank I got from myfico forum as I contribute over there and it makes things very competitive although it is a different kind of board. Their version of "karma" is kudos. Here is an example of people with different titles and colors - http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/bd-p/creditcard FWIW, I am user Yes-Its-Me on that board.