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I got tired of constantly reasserting "Oldest" sort after each refresh and consigned myself to tolerating "Newest" sort. But after being notified about Ian Farbrother's observation today, I changed the sort order to "Oldest" and refreshed. Sort stayed "Oldest" despite refresh. Cool.

Yeah, it seems SA has added a feature where the sort order is now sticky. It even remembers the way you set it and keeps this sort across all articles. Nice. I like to read things in chronological order, while other folks can read in reverse order if they prefer. Can always change the sort if you need to. Everybody gets what they want when they want it.

Default sort is now user selected. Thanks SA for fixing this.

My earlier feedback was intended to be categorized under "Bugs" not "Ideas". But this issue is now moot as the problem seems to have fixed itself.

Make the "Sort Order" sticky so folks can choose it once rather than constantly overriding the default. Sticky sort would stay that way after page refreshes and on other articles as well. Everyone gets what they want.


The default "Sort by" should be "Oldest". Let folks choose the alternative viewing style by selecting "Newest" in the "Sort by". Don't force new things unnecessarily and turn their world literally upside down.


Remember New Coke?

Not everything new is good.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Make the "Sort Order" sticky so folks can choose it once rather than constantly overriding the default. Sticky sort would stay that way after page refreshes and on other articles as well. Everyone gets what they want.

The default "Sort by" should be "Oldest". Let folks choose the alternative viewing style by selecting "Newest" in the "Sort by". Don't force new things unnecessarily and turn their world literally upside down.

Remember New Coke?

Right now the "Sort by" selector doesn't remember your selection. It reverts back to "Newest" whenever the page is refreshed. Constantly resetting the "Sort by" is a pain.

This can be fixed. Make the "Sort by" selector sticky. That would allow folks to read stuff in the order they like to see it. The selected "Sort by" would apply across page refreshes and other articles. No more constantly resetting the sort would be needed.

I'm a traditionalist who likes to read stuff in the order it was originally written. For me this is helpful when following a discussion. So I'd set my "Sort by" to "Oldest". Sticky sort would stay that way on page refreshes and every article pulled up until I decide to choose otherwise.

For folks who like to read things backwards and out of context, they'd set "Sort by" to "Newest". It would stay that way for them until they choose otherwise.

To be consistent with years of prior operation the default "Sort by" should be "Oldest". Let folks choose the alternative viewing style by selecting "Newest" in the "Sort by". Don't force new things unnecessarily and turn their world literally upside down. Remember New Coke.

Problem would be solved. Come on SA, you can do this. You'd make a lot of long time readers happy.

New comment sort order is nauseating. Makes my head spin. Like walking into an upside down room. I see the "Sort by" can be adjusted. But the "Add Your Comment" box stays on top regardless. It doesn't track with the selected sort order. Very confusing and disorienting. Also sort reverts back to "Newest" on every refresh. What the hell?

I like reading things in chronological order. It makes more sense to me. I don't buy a book and go right to the end to see if the butler did it. SA comments have been very readable until now.

Please repeal this nonsense. In lieu of that, keep "Oldest" sort as default in a salute to years of tradition. Make sure the comment box tracks with sort order. Sort order should be sticky and remember how you set it. That way folks who don't use default won't constantly have to adjust sort order.

What happened to usability testing? Changing stuff willy-nilly is playing with fire. There's a lesson here.

• Not everything new is good.
• If it ain't broke don't fix it.
• Remember New Coke?

Daniel, thanks for fixing this.

Thanks, Daniel.  Appreciate the help. 

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