875: Option to show diffs in separate windows

sre***@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.)
Sept. 20, 2009 
We're going to move from CodeCollab to RB, and one of the biggest problems
is that in RB, all the diffs are shown on the same page (although, if the
page becomes too big, it does split up into more). 

This makes the page load slowly and becomes clumsy to navigate, for big
changelists.

It would be nice to first see a list of the files affected, and by clicking
one of them, a new window opened where you could perform the review for
that file.
chipx86
#1 chipx86 
What version of Review Board are you using? The diff viewer should load incrementally
now, which helps with page load times, and there's keyboard shortcuts for navigation
and a file list near the top and bottom showing each file on that page.

We don't have anything planned for what you're asking for. To be quite honest, it's
the first time I've heard this request. Down the road it would be possible to write
an extension to replace the diff viewer's view with this, but that won't make it into
1.0.
#2 sre***@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.) 
We are using the latest Alpha, but recently upgraded. So the problem about RB being
slow might well be an old issue. 

The feature is still wanted however (as a usability request), but I of course
understand if it doesn't get the highest priority. Thanks for replying so quickly!
david
#3 david
  • +Confirmed
  • -Type-Defect
    -Priority-Medium
    +Type-Enhancement
    +Priority-Low
    +Component-DiffViewer
    +ExtensionIdea
david
#4 david 
Actually, thinking about this, I don't think it's something we should add as an
option. Since the load speed is pretty good, I think just relying on the browser's
middle-click functionality gives this sort of behavior without another feature to
implement and support.
  • -Confirmed
    +WontFix