Realtime feature: Updating while posting

GreXXL

I think an awesome feature would be to let real-time update a post where you are writing a reply constantly. If a new answer is posted in the discussion before you send yours you should be able to view it and be warned before sending your reply.

luceos

GreXXL based on your chat in discord I remembered that realtime actually pushes new posts into the discussion stream automatically. Would a confirmation be sufficient in this case "5 new replies were made since you started writing yours, are you sure?" or more impactful than that?

GreXXL

luceos that would be sufficient. I need to test the post updating feature - thought it's not there but can be wrong 🙂

luceos

I think the most subtle implementation would be to show a horizontal divider with a message in it how many people have posted since you starting writing your reply. That way you can choose to focus on the discussion if you want.

However there would be some considerations would be when the composer is fullscreen.

GreXXL

luceos you are right. Most of the time you are replying to a previous post. So if it would constantly move it might be distracting. Having just a break and a count up of replies that are happening while you are writing could be a great solution. Maybe on click, you can load the posts that have occurred so you can check them before replying.

Something like this:

I wouldn't do a prompt on submission that might be irritating for most.