This is not acceptable.
From what I can tell, it is no longer possible to read diaries without the comments, no matter what I do.
I have a fairly modern computer with which I read diaries here. When our weekly flame wars break out & a diary gets over 500 comments, I am no longer able to open them up and read them because these days my RAM cannot handle the weight of the FALME.
In the past here there existed a way to click on a diary without the comments. In fact, when I diary had over 500 comments, the default was to load the diary without the comments visible.
Take this one-
http://www.dailykos.com/...
As the diary with the most recs (900!) over the past few days, I want to know what all the fanfare is about. Yet no matter what I try, I cannot get the diary to open without comments.
What. The. Fuck.
In the past, when you looked at the Diaries page, you could choose to read with or without comments. Same when you visited a person's profile page. Neither of those links gives you that choice today.
But that's not all!
Even when I type "storyonly" into the browser, DK4 automatically loads the comments, overriding what I had typed into that space.
Even when I change my default settings by clicking HIDE like so,
the preference does not endure, and the next diary I open shows comments. I even checked Chrome in addition to Firefox and the same problem occurs.
Whatever bug this is, it needs to be killed IMMEDIATELY for people who do not have a shiny, brand new iPad or whatever.
Is DKos a site for only the wealthiest progressives with the newest toys?
Bring back the permalink.
NOW!
Updated by LaughingPlanet at Sun Apr 10, 2011 at 11:32 AM PDT
This comment by Pager
http://www.dailykos.com/...
offers the only viable workaround to this craptastic glitch.
Go to My Page. (6+ / 0-)
Click on Profile.
Click on Edit Profile.
Go to Comment Display Mode and change your setting to Hide.
Jump through those hoops if you are tired of your computer freezing up.
That or avoid all diaries with over 50 comments.