Most Lemmy UIs seem to have an inbox that works a bit like this:

Without context, I don’t really understand what’s happening. A link to the parent comment is usually available, but it takes me out of my inbox.

Here’s how I approached it in Lemminator:

All context is right there, and I can work through my unreads one by one. A conventional compact inbox view is also still available:

Would this work for you? Do you prefer the classic inbox?

  • Xylight (Photon dev)
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    31 year ago

    How does this work? Do you fetch the parent comment ID if it exists? Or does the API provide context?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      The former. The comment reply contains a path parameter listing the IDs of all its ancestors. I take its direct ancestor and fetch it.