Users are discussing the placement of “Dismiss Posts” and “Dismiss Topics” buttons on mobile, particularly in the unread tab. FHTzoob finds it annoying that the buttons are at the bottom when there are many unread items, forcing excessive scrolling. FezodgeIII agrees, noting it’s especially cumbersome when browsing on mobile. codinghorror clarifies that the buttons are duplicated at the top when there are more than 30 items to dismiss, unless there’s a regression — which FHTzoob confirms isn’t happening on mobile. codinghorror flags this as a mobile layout issue for sam to address. sam notes limited mobile screen space and warns that placing the button at the top would cause clutter unless the mobile UI is reorganized. codinghorror confirms no regression exists, and sam adds that it’s an intentional omission due to mobile design constraints. FHTzoob counters that even with clutter, the benefit of saving time and reducing scrolling outweighs the visual trade-off. loopback0 suggests there’s actually ample space to the left of the “New Topic” button where the dismiss button could fit easily.
So I noticed that when you go into your unread tab, the “Dismiss Posts” and “Dismiss Topics” buttons are at the bottom of your unread page. Although this is ok when your unread tab consists of just a few threads, but earlier on it got really annoying trying to get to the bottom of my unread tab of 1000 threads.
Ergo, they should be at the top.
@codinghorror @sam is there any reason why they are at the bottom, or could they be at the top?
yeah i agree, this is quite annoying, as since i don’t go on certain websites for a while, scrolling down can be quite a pain!
Have you guys tested this? The buttons are duplicated at the top when there are more than 30 things to dismiss.
Unless there’s some kind of regression, that is the way it used to work. Duplication only when needed, not all the time.
not on mobile view ;-;
OK @sam when you are back in 4-5 days, apparently this is missing from mobile layout.
not much room in mobile for this, we need to reorganise mobile if we want the button on top, otherwise it will be a big clutter and you will only see 2 topics on the new tab
Mostly I was confirming there was no regression.
yeah, not a regression its an omission pending mobile redesign of header
Forgive me if I’m wrong, but surely a little movement wouldn’t be too hard and would save a ton of time scrolling through posts.
EDIT: read post below
There’s lots of space to the left of the New Topic button. You could easily fit them in there.