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Michael Carney

14 Jul, 2010 11:56 AM via web

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Is here a way I can have the newest events appear at the bottom instead of the top? For me (and I know I'm in the minority) reading the most recent at the top is confusing because the context of what's happening is usually lower in the stack. And reading from the bottom up is just as bad because it causes the eyes to have to reverse direction all the time (read down, then up to the next time, then read down, etc.). Having the most recent at the bottom has time flow in the same direction that you read.

If there's not a way to do that currently, would it be possible to have that as a preference?

Thanks.

1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Nik Fletcher on 14 Jul, 2010 12:36 PM

   

   Hi Michael

   Thanks for your message. There's no way to set this currently, and we don't have any plans to implement this in the near term - it's been requested by just one user :) That said, I will make sure that when we evaluate features for future updates we consider this!

   Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

   Kind regards,

   Nik

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2. 3 Posted by steve on 14 Jul, 2010 08:17 PM

   

   Make that 2. It makes no sense to me to read newest first. If I scroll down to the bottom to read bottom up it marks everything as read which is also a pain.

   Just a preference to show oldest first would be great!

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3. Support Staff 4 Posted by Nik Fletcher on 15 Jul, 2010 08:09 AM

   

   Hi Steve

   Thanks for the update. I can guarantee that we will offer this in a future update, but it is noted!

   Kind Regards,

   Nik

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4. 5 Posted by Michael Carney on 15 Jul, 2010 11:39 AM

   

   Really? I'm the only one?? I didn't quite expect it to be that few :-)

   Oh well... it was just a thought. I can configure Google Reader like that for my news feed. I thought it would be very cool to be able to do so with an integrated feed of all the stuff in one application.

   Sigh... if it turns out to be easy to do at some point in a future release, and more people ask, that'd be great.

   Thanks for getting back to me.

   -- Mike.

       Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth.
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5. Support Staff 6 Posted by Nik Fletcher on 15 Jul, 2010 01:04 PM

   

   Hi Mike

   Thanks for your message. We'll definitely consider it: however, I can't offer any guarantee there'll be an option for this in future.

   Kind Regards,

   Nik

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6. 7 Posted by Tom on 15 Jul, 2010 11:06 PM

   

   +1 on this idea.

   I think it would be fantastic to be able to sort by date ascending or descending at a click. Maybe a preference for which it should default to, but I think having the option right on the screen would be awesome.

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7. 8 Posted by Jake on 16 Jul, 2010 02:19 AM

   

   Add me to the list. I'd like that option.

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8. 9 Posted by Jake on 16 Jul, 2010 02:22 AM

   

   Or, Socialite could remember your last place in the feed, so that you see the new posts in the order they came in as you move up the list.

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9. 10 Posted by Mark on 16 Jul, 2010 05:33 AM

   

   Adding my "me too". It is very annoying to me to go in reverse chronological order.

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10. Support Staff 11 Posted by Nik Fletcher on 16 Jul, 2010 10:31 AM

    

    Hi Guys

    Just for our notes: which applications are you using that currently offers this?

    Thanks for the feedback: I can't guarantee we'll be offering this feature in future, however we'll definitely consider it!

    Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

    Kind regards,

    Nik

    -- Nik Fletcher

    Support & QA Manager, Realmac Software

    Our support team are in the office between 9am and 5pm UK time, Monday to Friday, and we aim to answer all requests within one business day.

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11. 12 Posted by Michael Carney on 16 Jul, 2010 12:06 PM

    

    Hi Nik.

    Thanks for looking into this.

    Here are some

    • Google Reader (in "View Settings" there's an option for oldest first)
    • NetNewsWire
    • Facebook (the replies are always presented after the initial post even though the posts appear reverse-chronoloically)
    • any Usenet reader (I know this isn't usenet, but the idea is the same)
    • Mail.app (again, it's not the same, but it applies... seeing replies to messages before the message itself is jarring... ordering with oldest first solves this)

    There's a few anyway. I'm others will come up with more.

    And, just for grins and to be a little snarky, this very forum has the oldest message at the top with replies at the bottom.... imagine if my response was the first thing you saw at the top of this page!?? :-) :-) :-)

    Thanks again for looking into this.

    • Mike.

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