in reply to Node parents shown while viewing a node

See the recent discussion Extra CSS for "new nodes" when viewing a thread.

The bottom line is you can put the following style code in your Display Settings and it will highlight new (vs. old) nodes in a thread. ("New" means newer than your "last checked flag", i.e. the "created since" date/time.) 

.reply-new { background-color: #FD6; }

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Re^2: Node parents shown while viewing a node
by SuicideJunkie (Vicar) on Sep 26, 2007 at 13:32 UTC

    The point is not highlighting new nodes, but viewing the context of a reply.

    Personally I think it could be useful, but would end up being counterintuitive unless the selected/viewed post is highlighted differently from its parent and children. Otherwise you'd think you might have clicked on the wrong link.

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      What I do is click on the root node that has new replies, then look through the node for the highlighted replies. Works pretty good for me. I usualy choose the root node if i don't remember the conversation, or if i do remember the conversation then I click a node two or three levels above the newest one so that I get some context. This works pretty good for me.


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      You know how to view the context of a reply. View its parent or grandparent. Yes, that will show the siblings, etc., which you didn't want to see; but at least the new nodes — the ones you're interested in — will be highlighted.

      A word spoken in Mind will reach its own level, in the objective world, by its own weight
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        I agree with you and that's what i did.

        It was just a "cosmetic" suggestion. I just wonder if someone considered it a nice addition or a bad one (the parents chain can be misleading i know).

        Then probably it's up to pmdev to decide if it's worth to implement or not; probably based on the replies here and the time required to do it.

        Oha

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