Comments on: Relative to Relative Time http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/12/relative-to-relative-time/ Technova for short Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mahmoud http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/12/relative-to-relative-time/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Mahmoud Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:40:58 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=190#comment-45 <p>Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what facebook does.</p> Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s what facebook does.

]]> By: erik http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/12/relative-to-relative-time/comment-page-1/#comment-44 erik Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:04:14 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=190#comment-44 <p>That's a good point. There must be some threshold where relative times don't make sense anymore. Perhaps, when threads are archived I will switch them over to read absolute times.</p> That’s a good point. There must be some threshold where relative times don’t make sense anymore. Perhaps, when threads are archived I will switch them over to read absolute times.

]]> By: Mahmoud Hashemi http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/04/12/relative-to-relative-time/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Mahmoud Hashemi Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:02:07 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=190#comment-46 <p>Wait, so in a matter of some years/months, the archive will have threads that every single post will have been posted "about 1 year ago"?</p> <p>Seems kinda fishy at that point. For current threads relative time seems more design friendly, but absolute time seems pretty important for archival reasons.</p> Wait, so in a matter of some years/months, the archive will have threads that every single post will have been posted “about 1 year ago”?

Seems kinda fishy at that point. For current threads relative time seems more design friendly, but absolute time seems pretty important for archival reasons.

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