A request

There's a couple of improvements that could be made to the "unread comments" feature.

Firstly, at each level, sort comments in reverse date order so the newest comment is at the top of the list.

And secondly, I've noticed this a couple of times, but if post B is an old reply to A, and then there are replies to both A and B in the unreads, they appear as two separate subthreads. Is there any chance that it could recognise B is a reply to A and, rather than creating a new subthread, put it in its correct place as a reply to A (despite the fact it's a reply that's been read before). It just gives more context to the discussion.

Which brings up another request ... Any chance that the comment editor page could display the entire thread you are replying to? There's a reason I quote stuff a lot - the number of posts that rapidly go off the rails because the grandparent's context is not visible. I've had a few spats where I rapidly came to the conclusion that the other person either had an appalling memory or was deliberately wiping the context. I hate to say it but the current setup where all you can (easily) see is the post you are replying to, is quite conducive to a game of Chinese Whispers.

Cheers,
Wol