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?
How does this work? Do you fetch the parent comment ID if it exists? Or does the API provide context?
The former. The comment reply contains a
pathparameter listing the IDs of all its ancestors. I take its direct ancestor and fetch it.