I agree this should be an option. If an article gets as many comments as the Steve Jobs one yesterday, and you want to read all of them... you have to "get more comments" 5 times just to display them all, which is silly.
I understand this is probably a bandwidth saving decision, but please consider it.
Could you clarify where to find it? I've seriously been on Slashdot since 1999 and this is my number 1 complaint -- it never let me display all the comments at once
I would, I could - but this is one of the things you have to earn. It's in the settings. If you deserve it you will find it, and if not - sorry, you lose. But for me not to not be a total jerk you might consider adjusting the value of this [slashdot.org] screen so that retrieve X comments reads "all" on the "discussions" tab. Don't tell anybody you heard it here.
It'll work better if you enable Classic view.
I wasn't (and won't) engage a campaign for slashdot to revert to classic view because it's their site and they
And the Discussions tab has no "Retrieve X Comments" menu in classic view. See: http://i.imgur.com/CAHTQ.png [imgur.com]
Finally, when I set Discussions to the D2, there IS a "Retrieve X Comments" control, but it has no "All" option, only "Many" "Few" and "More". See: http://i.imgur.com/NNGxK.png [imgur.com]
Does this option seriously exist, or are you just fucking with me?
Could you clarify where to find it? I've seriously been on Slashdot since 1999 and this is my number 1 complaint -- it never let me display all the comments at once.
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I want an option to automatically load all the comments on an article. not 250 at a time, everything. Every time. Automatically.
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I agree this should be an option. If an article gets as many comments as the Steve Jobs one yesterday, and you want to read all of them... you have to "get more comments" 5 times just to display them all, which is silly.
I understand this is probably a bandwidth saving decision, but please consider it.
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I want an option to automatically load all the comments on an article. not 250 at a time, everything. Every time. Automatically.
You must have set something to this. I've never seen a limit. Currently counter at the bottom says '410 of 410 showing'.
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Could you clarify where to find it? I've seriously been on Slashdot since 1999 and this is my number 1 complaint -- it never let me display all the comments at once
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I would, I could - but this is one of the things you have to earn. It's in the settings. If you deserve it you will find it, and if not - sorry, you lose. But for me not to not be a total jerk you might consider adjusting the value of this [slashdot.org] screen so that retrieve X comments reads "all" on the "discussions" tab. Don't tell anybody you heard it here.
It'll work better if you enable Classic view.
I wasn't (and won't) engage a campaign for slashdot to revert to classic view because it's their site and they
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I appreciate the try, but I guess I'm screwed for another decade.
The link you told me to go to goes here: http://i.imgur.com/O6YLl.png [imgur.com]
And the Discussions tab has no "Retrieve X Comments" menu in classic view. See: http://i.imgur.com/CAHTQ.png [imgur.com]
Finally, when I set Discussions to the D2, there IS a "Retrieve X Comments" control, but it has no "All" option, only "Many" "Few" and "More". See: http://i.imgur.com/NNGxK.png [imgur.com]
Does this option seriously exist, or are you just fucking with me?
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Ugh, that final link should be this: http://i.imgur.com/5Fmab.png [imgur.com]
See, no "All" option on that menu.
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Could you clarify where to find it? I've seriously been on Slashdot since 1999 and this is my number 1 complaint -- it never let me display all the comments at once.