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olivierlpCommunity Manager
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July 16, 2021
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In response to [username]

  • July 16, 2021
  • 4 replies
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In the context of tweaking the layout to remove some unwanted empty space, I'd like to run this by you. 

We currently have "in response to...", self explanatory. 

 

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We are considering changing it into this arrow (not sure what this character is called - anyone?). The functionality remains unchanged. It would save a fair amount of space, allowing other changes to take place on the page.  We know that the arrow  is a little discreet and should be bold, at least. Hopefully, this is intuitive enough. Thoughts? 

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    23-Emerald III
    StephenW23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    July 16, 2021

    I don't think its intuitive at all. Or maybe I don't pick up on the clues well.

    It just looks weird or somewhat random to me.

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    23-Emerald III
    Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    July 16, 2021

    There is a lot of things on my phone that I don't/didn't understand until someone showed me (or I figured it out). When did the gear become the settings button for almost ever app? Who thought that up?  Maybe there is a specific symbol in the symbol language that means this already?

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      23-Emerald III
      Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      July 16, 2021

      I think it is OK. Why not just put the other person's name there without the "in response to" or the arrow?

      olivierlp
      olivierlpCommunity ManagerAuthor
      Community Manager
      July 16, 2021

      1 - @Dale_Rosema I think only the person's name is not enough intuitive. 

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      2 - We could do this with a "To". Might actually be the best option.

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      3 - @StephenW    About symbols, something like this might do as well. 

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      Or a derivative of this: 

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       The #2 may be the easiest to implement and intuitive enough. 

      Olivier
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      23-Emerald III
      Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      July 16, 2021

      How about: Author (guage) (rock name) From-To (previous author)

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      23-Emerald III
      StephenW23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      July 16, 2021

      I don't really understand the purpose for the change. It seems like it is already reasonable.

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      23-Emerald III
      Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      July 16, 2021

      I was thinking "white space" because the text "in response to" wrapped on the example, but I noticed that all ours do not.

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      23-Emerald IV
      TomU23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      July 16, 2021

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        23-Emerald IV
        TomU23-Emerald IV
        23-Emerald IV
        July 16, 2021

        @olivierlp,

        Maybe you should look at the CSS and figure out what is forcing the word wrapping.  Seems like you could easily expand into this area:

        TomU_1-1626463956925.png

         

        olivierlp
        olivierlpCommunity ManagerAuthor
        Community Manager
        July 16, 2021

        Indeed @TomU , we are looking into the CSS. Not to get too deep into the rabbit hole, but the line on the left of your red rectangle belongs to a header block. It shares the line with another header block, to the right of your rectangle, that contains the 3 dots menu and the date/time. These need to move correctly when the post has some level of indentation, as well as when the user sees it from a mobile device. 

        Olivier
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