On dim, 2002-12-29 at 21:17, Tom Parmenter wrote: It can be handy if one is making a great many minor changes (eg mass spelling, formatting, or link fixes). Here's a thought; what if we can make it only stick to a single session? (On the other hand, it's not hard to train oneself to hit tab-space after the summary.) -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

|From: tarquin <tarquin(a)planetunreal.com> |X-Accept-Language: en-us, en |X-VSMLoop: planetunreal.com |Sender: wikien-l-admin(a)wikipedia.org |Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org |Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 12:40:23 +0000 | | | |Brion Vibber wrote: | |>(On the other hand, it's not hard to train oneself to hit tab-space |>after the summary.) |> |> |> |I've started doing this. Having to reach for the mouse to check the box |was a pain. |(yes, I know Orto will say "it's only 2 seconds". But I think we're |seeing evidence of differences in personality type. I'm very much a "do |six things at once, arg, why can't things go faster" sort of person. An |extra action bugs me, it might not bug Orto) Orto doesn't believe it is an "extra" action, Orto believes it is "documentation" and thus an essential part of what you are doing. | |I still think that for registered users, comment boxes should be |recommended -- not compulsory. | Certainly recommended, not compulsory, but take "Votes for Deletion", for example. Isn't the value of another person's contribution there either worth less or more trouble if it lacks a summary comment? Doesn't the same go for any article that one is interested in? That cranky guy, Orto |(though if a dialog box popped up on submitting the form, it would save |me a press of the TAB key. I'd gain a whole 1.5 seconds of life over the |course of a week!!!! no, don't do that. I'm kidding :-) | |> |>