On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Romaine Wiki <romaine_wiki(a)yahoo.com>wrote;wrote:
In the past week a software change was executed which
was in use by many
users which gave negative responses as users do not know how to restore it
for themselves. I understand that technical changes are needed and can't be
prevented, but what can be prevented is they height of the annoyance. As
technical ambassador I can explain why things change, but as I have not all
the know how I was unable to deliver the code for the users vector.css (or
common/vector.js) to repair the issue. I would suggest that
developers/tech/everyone is aware of the consequences changes have for
local users who daily have to deal with changes in the software. I am not
sure if it is workable, but I still want to suggest: please have a page (or
something) where I as tech ambassador or users can read how the change in
the software can be restored in the personal settings.
It happens too much that end users are much annoyed by changes while there
is no direct answer for how to restore it in the common.css or .js, while
such is possible.
Romaine
Hi Romaine,
When giving feedback like this, it really helps to be specific about which
issue you're talking about. Technical changes in MediaWiki can come from a
large number of people, including: local site sysops, volunteer MediaWiki
core or extension developers, Wikimedia Foundation technical staff, chapter
technical staff, and others I may be forgetting. If you don't say what
change we're talking about, the feedback is meaningless, because no one
knows who it is addressed to.
--
Steven Walling,
Product Manager
https://wikimediafoundation.org/