a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment

One thought: When I'm most interested in a post and it's comments, I usually keep a mental tab running of the number of comments in that post, since that information is easily found on the post itself. I know if there are new comments simply because the number went from say 5 to 8, or whatever. I'm just thinking out loud here, but I'm curious from a coding stand point if that information could somehow be coupled with login times, or browser history, and then maybe there is a little number beside the saved tab that shows the number of new comments since your last view?