Two thoughts for empty messages

by kapowaz, Sunday, February 17, 2013, 15:46 (4079 days ago) @ scarab

  • Don't even try to open the msg when link is clicked on - use a different url to go direct to a special reply editing page
  • Don't use visited/unvisited colors as visiting an empty msg would be an invalid concept

Notes:

Don't even try to open the msg

  • empty msg reply page would not need quote message 'button'.
  • The text at the top of the page could read: Post reply to the empty message by User Name
  • there would be no need for the msg preview bubble
  • all these changes suggest 2 reply pages: one for full msgs and one for empty

Don't use visited/unvisited colors
this would save space in cookies (or wherever the visited msgs info is held)

I applaud you thinking out loud, but none of this seems very intuitive; if it's right, it should be obvious.


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