Re: Threadview for messages: really cool but big flaw

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:09 AM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I just noticed the nifty "threadview" drop-down on each message in the
> archives, which would really make my life a lot easier as CFM ... except
> that it's unreadable for long threads. Look here for example:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAB7nPqTAfWy_VY6PKdM_eg7snG9Z2+MAH+N85FW7AGDNgUmqsw@mail.gmail.com
>
> The basic issue is that, on a long discussion thread, indenting pushes
> the thread off the right side of the page. What if we just removed the
> indenting?

Wouldn't that kill the main thing that control is there to show, which
is the message's placement in the thread? It would just look like a
random order then...

On principle, I like Jonathans suggestion better, but maybe I'm missig
something?

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