How would this effect extending buttons through plugins and the configuration of the order of buttons through the admin interface? Would the ellipsis just hide everything after the second item?
What about when those are optional buttons?Like the “edit”, which is only shown when you have the rights to actually edit. I know for you, @codinghorror, as an admin they always show, but for a normal user like me, the like and the share buttons are way more frequently used.
How do we deal with the already a little awkward difference in behaviour for the reply-button? If I move that to position four of eight, will it also be in the ellipsis?
Quiet honestly, without any additional plugins, as normal User, I have four buttons and reply. I don’t feel that is too much. I’d rather argue the buttons for “delete” and “edit” belong into the admin wrench that has been created recently – which is only shown to a minority of users with special privileges on certain posts.