Similar to a texting screen, where each user has a different color. Blue or white background. Of course you'd have to use a different system. I don't think you could give each user their own color, but you might be able to have a color for each nested level. Rather than an indentation, some kind of shading. Original post in white bkgnd(1), then light blue(2) for first reply, then green(3), yellow(4), purple(5), orange(6), then start over at white. No indents at all. People will learn the color for see more the corresponding nested level. You might number a nest when the colors start over.
For that matter, you might even just forget the color, and number or symbolize the tier. Comment, reply a, b, c, c1, c2, d. Etc. Those numbers could get confusing, and my guess as not an advanced coder is the colors would be easier. However, if numbering or lettering the tiers is possible, that would probably use less memory? So you might use popular ascii symbols to denote the nested level rather than numbers.
I feel like regardless of the solution you decide on, there really needs to be one indentation. Any replies, or reply replies can be the same indentation, with the original post non-indented. Then shading or ascii symbols or something after the original post.
I was going to suggest the same thing. Whenever someone thinks "nested comments", they have been conditioned to tie nesting level to the amount of indentation. Perhaps a combination of both color changes and much less indentation would work.
Primary comments would be black text on a white background, and as the nesting level increases, the background moves toward black, and text brightness is adjusted for best readability. I've never seen this done, but it might be worth experimenting see more with.
i thought of this..
what i thought was like first comment backgroup area will be in light blue .second reply in light green , fourth reply on magenta like this
but have to use nesting anyway..colour will only make it look good ..it won't change the concept..
with only colour ..without nesting..user have to understand the concept of colour..which colour represent second or third reply..i dont think they will..
Yep, lovely ideas. Colors may bring a lot of nice, but gradually increasing transparency for black text, coupled with diminishing font size for every new "level", all with only slight indentation might work, actually.
Primary comments would be black text on a white background, and as the nesting level increases, the background moves toward black, and text brightness is adjusted for best readability. I've never seen this done, but it might be worth experimenting see more
what i thought was like first comment backgroup area will be in light blue .second reply in light green , fourth reply on magenta like this
but have to use nesting anyway..colour will only make it look good ..it won't change the concept..
with only colour ..without nesting..user have to understand the concept of colour..which colour represent second or third reply..i dont think they will..
its better to use nesting with colour...