I've found at least 3 instances of users complaining beta features don't work, when the issue was that they were expecting prefs to auto save so they hadn't actually enabled them.
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On Sep 9, 2014, at 8:36 AM, quiddity pandiculation@gmail.com wrote:
Ah, that's Bug 56561 - Changes to user preferences should be automatically saved. Thanks.
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jared Zimmerman jzimmerman@wikimedia.org wrote: There is a separate bug for Ajax page saves (I'm mobile, it's the weekend) so I don't know the bug number. But yes it would be the preferred behavior. With save button only appearing for noJS users.
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On Sep 6, 2014, at 5:09 PM, quiddity pandiculation@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Jon Robson jrobson@wikimedia.org wrote: This patch [1] corrects the colours. Code review welcomed. This patch [2] swaps the alignment.
I've -2ed the 2nd patch. Let me know how you want to proceed with that.
Jon
[1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/157709 [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/157709
small correction [2] should be https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/156838/
Regarding the Special:Preferences page, could we consider putting the Save button at the top-right of the box, instead?
There are many users who are used to the modern systems like Gmail - where no manual "save" is needed, but instead happens automatically when anything is changed - and are liable to miss the Save button anywhere at the bottom, especially on longer preference pages.
In the RfC for userpreferences, I'd suggested that "The [Save button] is always visible/nearby" should be a high-priority goal. (Or, upgrading to an auto-save system). [1] Having it at the top of the window would be ideal, and possibly even top and bottom, like so: https://i.imgur.com/4Mu9UdQ.png
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Redesign_user_preference...
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