On 04/04/07, Platonides Platonides@gmail.com wrote:
Only if they click on red links more times to create the category pages than to see articles on the inexistent category. If they do the later they're doing an extra click.
You get the contents in the edit view for free, so it's one click to do both.
However, if it is changed, the red links should be changed to "a different red" to add a visual difference, not only explaining red links on pages do X, red links on category do Y... (then even more confusing if it's reverted).
Two reds? What a nightmare!
A similar <s>problem</s>feature which annoys me are red image links. When i click on it i want to go to the image page, where i have nice links to see the delete log, undelete it and know why this image "disappeared".. Not uploading it! (for which the Image: have links, anyway) Alas, "The feature was added for a reason (making it easier and more consistent to upload), and will stay without some good reason."
Red links lead to edit pages. This is a convention we've established in the user interface, and I don't see a great reason to change it. Sure, it's a bit inconvenient clicking a category name and getting an edit page, but you can still see the contents of the category.
Rob Church