Feedback on our simplified topic map experiment

[awesomerobot (Kris)]

@Moin

Even if the wrap probably cannot be prevented (especially not with German text [1]) it would be nice if the text size and height were the same.

This should be a little better now, and indeed German always provides a challenge… I’ll take a closer look

@schneeland

Small thing: I’m wondering if it would look better when aligned with the visual axis of user name, text, and link(s). It’s currently sticking out a bit.

Agreed! I’ve made this change. This was something I kept being indecisive about so I’m glad someone else noticed.

@jordan-violet

This could possibly just be a theme thing, but it really blends in (not in a good way, IMO) to the rest of the topic.

I lean towards keeping it simpler and letting “make it stand out more” in the realm of themes… but worth considering.

@Qwerty8

Also, why are these inconsistent?

This is tricky because the menus reposition based on how much content is within them and where they are relative to the window (to ensure nothing is being cut off)… and the amount of content is incredibly variable. I can take a closer look at options for making this more consistent.

@darkpixlz

In my opinion views should be a more prominent part of the UI, they are still hidden unless there’s at least one reply (i think). Would something like this not hurt?

Maybe! there’s extra space here because the OP never gets the “in reply to” indicator… and it would nice to have views removed from the map because it’s the only non-interactive element there. I’m only a little hesitant because it means we’re putting stats in two separate locations.

@jordan-violet

We also run an open-source marketplace where users can share solutions they’ve built on our platform, so they’re very interested in views.

Yes, it’s the kind of thing where most people probably don’t care… but some admins, and users in specific cases, feel strongly about seeing the count.

@mcwumbly

I’d like to be able to 1) click on “N users” and then 2) click on any user to see their card, and then 3) click on “N posts in this topic” to filter the topic to their posts

Yeah agreed, I can look into this some more… I think we prevent user cards from being triggered within other menus?

@sam

“Most liked replies” is making an ajax call every time, should this just be cached for a minute on the client?

Yes, will do

@sam

Or make summarize button “white” like the reply button above it?

Would help with this issue:

@CvX

the left margin is now better but the right side of the component doesn’t align w/ the button directly above it:

Thanks for all the feedback so far!