Comment Notification Email Links

[theodosia21]

Title:
Comment Notification Email Links

Area:
links

Summary:
One of the links in comment notification emails- "view all comments to this entry"- links to the entry itself, not the comments as one would expect from the name. I think that link would be improved by putting "#comments" on the end of it.

Description:
Comment notification emails have three options at the bottom: "view the thread beginning with this comment", "view all comments to this entry", and "reply at the webpage." The second option- "view all comments" just links back to the entry, not the comments themselves. You have to scroll down to see the comments, which can be annoying on long entries. I think that link would be better designed if it had "#comments" stuck on the end of it, so you go straight to the comments. Really, I don't see any drawbacks to doing so, and I'm sure I'm not the only person to find the current situation irritating. If you want to go straight to the entry itself, there's a link at the top of the email you can use.

Poll #3306 Comment Notification Email Links

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 49

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Should be implemented as-is.
35 (71.4%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
3 (6.1%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
2 (4.1%)

(I have no opinion)
9 (18.4%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[pale_moonlite]

If it would be implemented like that, I think we'd need another link: "view entry."

[kerravonsen]

+1

[matgb]

Is my "with changes" proposal, danke.

[poulpette]

with change: this solution.

[zing_och]

I'm content with the link at the beginning of the email for that; if the mailed comment is a top-level one, the entry itself is included in the email, and most non-top-level-comments (*wince* - sorry, don't know a better word) aren't that long so you don't have to scroll that much.

On the other hand - a fourth link wouldn't hurt me, either. The bottom of the email wouldn't get really cluttered or anything.

[rho]

I use the link at the bottom to view the entry, and prefer having it there than having to scroll back up to the top. But then, I still haven't really adapted to cut tags having anchored links either, from when LJ made that change years ago. I suspect I'm probably a minority, though.