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Here's my entry:

http://threadit.kaizenrails.com/discussions/691

I'm experimenting with redesigning thread layout to focus on context and making it easier to follow and comprehend a complicated thread.

It's not as ambitious as other ideas out there, but I feel this is a improvement over what we have currently.

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I actually found this more confusing. My immediate thought of the up/down arrows was that they'd up/downvote the comments, but they instead take you to others. I don't really get how they're grouped either, since they don't seem to be replies...

The arrows let you cycle through the replies of the above comment. This way, instead of using indentation to indicate a parent or ancestors, you simply look at the comments above. I find it easier than following indentation or indentation lines to mentally juxtapose a comment with its parent and its ancestors.

Here's an example of a HN comment with 200+ comments:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2530963

Here's the same thread in my layout:

http://threadit.kaizenrails.com/discussions/839

I have to admit, I don't immediately get it. Kudos to you for hacking on comment thread presentation and interaction, however. :)

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