Filtering options

[kegsay]

I find the filter options a bit confusing at present:

Show all threads [ ]
Show unresolved threads [ ]
Threads which I have commented on since: YYYY/MM/DD... and which:
have not been resolved by me [ ]

..you can end up in weird configurations where no comments show up. This is where we would benefit from intended user stories / flows. I'm guessing these options are trying to work for the following flows:

• What do I need to do (unresolved threads)
• What do I need to catch up on (commented since..?)
• See everything to find something that was spoken about in a resolved thread (all threads)

I find it hard to visualise how the catch-up flow is filtering things.

If we wanted to be fancy, it would be cute to have a heatmap timeline like the contributions graph on profiles, and then be able to see how the filters interact with that "global" view.

[richvdh]

Yup, I messed around with the filters a lot and they are still confusing.

Basically, there are two and a half ways I look at a PR:

1. As an author: what are the unresolved threads? (i.e., what do I need to action)
2. As a reviewer: how has the author responded to threads I opened or commented on in my previous (or last-but-N) review?
   2b. Sometimes, as a reviewer, I also want to see all unresolved threads.

The current filter options permit me those different stories/flows, but they certainly aren't intuitive. I'm open to ways of presenting the options more intuitively.