Share comments vs Explorer discussions

[paul_parisi]

Hi all,
Just trying to get my head around the discussion commenting capabilities and differences in Share vs the Explorer (web client) based on version Community Version 3.3

As I see it I can the following behaviours around comments and discussions (topics)
1) Possible to create "comments" against content in share but not in Explorer
2) Possile to create discussions (topics) in Explorer but not in Share
3) Once created in Share we can see comments in Explorer (as a seperate type in the discussion list) and add replies
4) Share can never see discussions in Explorer no matter what
5) Share cannot create or see associations between content and discussions (the discussion capability in share seems to be standalone)

If I misunderstand this can some please fill in what I've missed, otherwise if I am correct in what I observe, is this because of
1) architectural decisions and why?
2) current design limitations and are they going to be resolved?
3) features yet to be implemented and any plans or timeframes?
4) Bugs preventing things to work uniformly between the platforms that should be reported in JIRA

thanks and regards,
Paul

[mikeh]

Share uses the same discussion content model as Explorer, but in a much simpler "Web 2.0" style - i.e. a single top-level topic. It was felt this simpler approach is what the vast majority of users would find most usable. There are issues around this approach, as you've spotted, also meaning Share can't see version-specific comments. The commenting service is in need of a refactor for various reasons, the above being some of them, but I don't have timescales for when that might happen. I suspect we wouldn't support the full Explorer discussion feature however.

Thanks,
Mike