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Being as anal retentive as I am... January 20, 2012 2:09 pm FrankC

I am bothered by the format whereby the name of the poster follows directly after the words heading up the reply.

Original posts have been fixed to some degree by changing the fonts, while the problem remains for replies.

The latest example, is the post by podrock welcoming returnees which reads, by alcaray, by tony, by lindy, by podrock. Obviously podrock is the poster but appears to be part of the message.

I propose to fix this by arranging all original and reply posts in the format,

Post – Date – Byline instead of Post – Byline – Date

In the new format, the example would have read:
by alcaray, by tony, by lindy, 2012-01-19 19:22:05, by podrock.

I don’t see how this format would detract from anything.

This can also be solved by tinkering with fonts but the date before Byline just seems simpler to me.

Opinions, non-opinions, objections, alternate suggestions?

  • Good grief. Replace "by" with a double dash. My consulting bill will be in the mail. by TB 2012-01-20 19:12:05
    • Who is the Mayor of The Habitable Zone? --TB.. by FrankC 2012-01-20 19:33:10
    • I agree. by podrock 2012-01-20 17:55:41
      • You call 'that' anal? by RobVG 2012-01-20 16:37:36
        • I am so anal I thought the dot was Venus or something. Can't wrap my mind around a useless dot. What's ... by FrankC 2012-01-20 17:26:23
          • That's my dot. by podrock 2012-01-20 18:00:36
        • I would heartily agree with you, Frank, if that happened very often. I like the current format whereby I ... by bowser 2012-01-20 14:26:25
          • The possibilities abound by FrankC 2012-01-20 16:06:24
            • I suppose you're right. I've just gotten used to considering the last "by anonymous" as being the author. Much as ... by bowser 2012-01-20 19:08:25
              • Went right by RobVG 2012-01-20 16:52:18

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