drwayne":1gzxu1sb said:
Interesting. I see it as the machine giving me a chance to see whether new replies that have popped up since I started drafting my reply have changed the landscape enough to change (or eliminate the
need for) my reply.
Personally, I would rather make that decision rather than having a machine make if for me. As for the “landscape” changing that dramatically, I have never actually seen that happen. But, on the rare occasions that it
might happen, we do have the handy edit feature.
As for eliminating the need for your reply, there may be two considerations. If your reply is sufficiently different, perhaps the members would like to see it as well to make a comparison. If your reply is the same as one posted, having the confirmation your reinforcement of the reply may be useful in members deciding the validity of the opinion. In both cases, the posting of your reply would still be helpful, IMO.
drwayne":1gzxu1sb said:
This usually comes up for me in responding to questions, where an answer (usually better than mine) has appeared while I draft, or a further clarification of the question which changes my reply comes up.
Gee, I have never personally seen the first instance.
, and the edit function solves the second.
drwayne":1gzxu1sb said:
It does have the effect of showing me stuff that I might miss if I drift into one of my myopic reply to a specific post modes.
Unless the feature comes up for edits to posts, I don’t see how that applies.
Suggestion 1:
Give members the option of turning that feature on or off.
Suggestion 2:
Turn off that feature until the pages are loading normally, instead of so very very sloooooooooowly.
Suggestion 3:
Poll the members to see how many actually think that feature is useful and how many think it interferes, especially while pages are loading so slowly.