Title: I changed the default sort order from DE…
Author: barrya
Published: February 4, 2011

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barrya/) [barrya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barrya/)
8:14 pm _on_ February 4, 2011     
Tags: irc logs, [wporg ( 10 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/wporg/)

# I changed the default sort order from DE…

I changed the default sort order from DESC to ASC on https://irclogs.wordpress.org/
Let me know if it is better or worse 🙂 It was a bit hard to follow conversations
by scrolling up.

[#irc-logs](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/irc-logs/), [#wporg](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/wporg/)

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 1.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1108cea0ce4c71be9172f925041f744f897c2fa81c51b4ce26421989ab11e4fe?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 2.   Jon Cave  8:28 pm _on_ February 4, 2011
 3.  It was quite nice to be able to instantly see the most recent chat at the top.
     However, I agree with being annoyed when scrolling down to find the start of a
     conversation and then scrolling back up to follow it. So good and bad.
 4.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4603ccae5a4c99a4a2f2600221fa6135af6f7ce834961448e3a35261bcae80af?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 5.   [Jon](http://jbrownstudios.com)  8:39 pm _on_ February 4, 2011
 6.  link should be .ORG not .COM
 7.   * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5351c5082912db1579929fc0b33693af2001ee2bf805587c653e829289265a80?
        s=32&d=mm&r=g)
      *  [Barry](http://barry.wordpress.com/)  8:48 pm _on_ February 5, 2011
      * Thanks. Edited.
 8.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4f1d2f8c6c2fcd39a1bf6333bf954281d965ce19b516007d314c84ebfc3e1e17?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 9.   DP  8:44 pm _on_ February 4, 2011
 10. I was ASC for a long time but switched because of following along during the day
     and refreshing often for the most recent comments. When there is an extensive 
     dialogue, it’s a bit challenging either way — hard to say whether one is that 
     much better. And when one is looking at it that much, it’s easy to toggle to choice.
 11. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a0e9c19fce845a6640b870fafea6d51b84d015f872e4086afdef1f5d1968d23d?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 12.  Aaron D. Campbell  3:08 am _on_ February 5, 2011
 13. I like it. It’s more natural for reading what I missed, which I think is what 
     most people use it for.
 14. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f177e770b035389ec065534539ac16c73c5e4bf2b41ece68336c7119f0b9c6f5?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 15.  [Sergey Biryukov](http://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)  4:27 am _on_
     February 5, 2011
 16. Seems more intuitive this way.
 17. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0de0c69680b51088c290100f261fc3c0e84c4496579b1c02ca07d1fe6a2def40?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 18.  will  11:58 am _on_ February 5, 2011
 19. Way better, thanks!
 20. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fa1b2b9afa13f64bb5c08d6cc25b221ed3442a52fbb9b9ec19ea9de7d095ec19?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 21.  [Tom Lany](http://tomlany.net/)  7:43 pm _on_ February 5, 2011
 22. When looking at the source code for the IRCIRC Internet Relay Chat, a network 
     where users can have conversations online. IRC channels are used widely by open
     source projects, and by WordPress. The primary WordPress channels are **[#wordpress](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/wordpress/)**
     and **[#wordpress-dev](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/wordpress-dev/)**, 
     on irc.freenode.net. logs, I noticed this at the bottom of one the [https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php](https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php)
     pages:
 23. “
 24. It looks like the footer file is not being included.
 25.  * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5351c5082912db1579929fc0b33693af2001ee2bf805587c653e829289265a80?
        s=32&d=mm&r=g)
      *  [Barry](http://barry.wordpress.com/)  8:47 pm _on_ February 5, 2011
      * Thanks – fixed.
 26. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f177e770b035389ec065534539ac16c73c5e4bf2b41ece68336c7119f0b9c6f5?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 27.  [Sergey Biryukov](http://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)  11:47 am _on_
     February 16, 2011
 28. When clicking on a timestamp of a single message, the order reverts to DESC. Is
     it possible to apply the selected order there too?

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