Have you ever gotten a direct link to a comment? You'll probably know what I'm talking about if you've used the fantastic SteemStats by @jesta. For example, look at this following link:
@jsteck/re-smooth-re-innuendo-re-dantheman-re-bitcoiner-re-dantheman-steem-dollars-have-limits-20160821t005026096z
As you can see, you'll notice right away that this is not a top level post because the title has Re in front of it. And as there are multiple Re's, you'll know right away that this is a comment many levels down. So what does the page look like?
There is really no easy way to get to the parent from here. One solution is to get to the same page on steemd.com (with my handy-dandy bookmarklet of course! [Steemit ↔ Steemd] - Quickly Switch Between Steemit.com and Steemd.com):
On Steemd, if there is a parent, it'll give you a link to it! Let's have the same thing on Steemit!
Here is what I currently do to get to the top level:
What do you think?