Feature Suggestion: Temporary Side Questions
I would like to suggest a feature that allows users to ask temporary side questions without disrupting the context of their main conversation.
For example, I’m working on a long satellite ML project in a ChatGPT conversation. In the middle, I might suddenly wonder, “What are VV and VH images?”
If I ask this in the main conversation, ChatGPT may start incorporating that topic into the ongoing discussion and deviate from the original task.
Instead, there could be a “Side Question” button next to the message box. Clicking it would open a small temporary chat/bubble where I can ask the question and get an explanation.
When I close it, I return to the exact point in my main conversation.
The side conversation should not be added to the main conversation context by default. There could optionally be:
- Close — discard the side conversation
- Save — save it separately
- Add to Main Chat — intentionally transfer selected information into the main conversation
The main idea is:
“Let users explore side questions without polluting or changing the context of their main conversation.”
I think this would be particularly useful for studying, programming, research, debugging, and long-running projects.