Page title should not change to just "Post comment" on the post comment (?mode=reply) page

[aithine]

Title:
Page title should not change to just "Post comment" on the post comment (?mode=reply) page

Area:
entries, usability, accessibility

Summary:
When visiting a ?mode=reply page, the page title is replaced with "Post comment," regardless of what the poster actually titled the post.

Description:
When visiting a ?mode=reply page, the page title (the text in between <title></title> in the page's html, which displays in the browser's title bar) is replaced with "Post comment," regardless of what the poster actually titled the post.

So if you open posts you want to read later in different tabs while skimming through your circle, you could potentially end up with a window full of pages all titled "Post comment" rather than a useful username and post title. :)

I'd suggest adding "post comment" to the already existing page title, rather than replacing the post title completely.

ETA from a comment I made below: From a design/usability standpoint: title and author (poster) are metadata that should be displayed consistently, no matter what style or mode is used to access the post. Having the info on nearly all views and then removing it completely when switching page view to comment is a bad design choice by whoever set up the comment pages initially on LJ.

Poll #2911 Page title should not change to just "Post comment" on the post comment (?mode=reply) page

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Should be implemented as-is.
52 (86.7%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
2 (3.3%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
3 (5.0%)

(I have no opinion)
3 (5.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[aedifica]

Why not click on the post's title instead of the "reply" link to open the new tab?

[aithine]

Generally when I open a post to the ?mode=reply page, it's because it's a page I want to grab without comments (e.g. fanfic) and this is the only option to grab it without comments as far as I know.

From a user design/usability standpoint: title and author (poster) are metadata that should be displayed consistently, no matter what style or mode is used to access the post. Having the info on nearly all views and then removing it completely when switching page view to comment is a bad design choice by whoever set up the comment pages initially on LJ.

[kerravonsen]

I wonder if a better method would be to have some additional mode which just gets the content of the post without the comments.

[aithine]

I would love a page that has just the post and no comments at all, but I still think the comment page needs to be consistent and user-friendly. *g*

[jadelennox]

Yah. Usability says the page should be have title either "Post a comment in [title]" or "[Title] (Post comment)".

[aithine]

Yep, something like that would work fine.

[msilverstar]

+1 - page titles should be consistent whenever prograematically possible. They show up in bookmark lists, tab titles and search results.

[goodbyebird]

+1

[kyrielle]

I also do this, not to read longer entries (I do use the title) but to note things I mean to reply to later. Opening them in the reply link is the simplest way to do that, but I may not be ready to write the reply just yet when I do (I have a 15-month-old - I like to read short things, read long things, and reply in that order - I don't always get to finish those items before he wakes up / stops playing happily by himself and needs my time).

And, when I'm opening posts that I see have 900 zillion comments that I don't plan on reading, I will sometimes open via reply so as not to have to wait for all the comments and have them affect the display and scrolling.