I have noticed that when one clicks one of the 'diff' links on the Recent changes page, one does not see the diff of the change to the right of it, but the last change to the page, whichever it was. Is there a reason for this? I would think that the other functionality would be better.
That bug has already been reported. It's just a pain to fix, and I'm working on other implementations of the "Recent Changes" page now anyway, so there's not much point to fixing what's going to be replaced.
lcrocker@nupedia.com wrote:
I have noticed that when one clicks one of the 'diff' links on the Recent changes page, one does not see the diff of the change to the right of it, but the last change to the page, whichever it
That bug has already been reported. It's just a pain to fix, and I'm working on other implementations of the "Recent Changes"
I was thinking about what it would take to build a website where a wiki is just one of the components. Other components might be a weblog, a bugzilla, a part with read-only web pages, etc. You would still want a single "recent changes" page for all these parts. All it takes is a standardized RC log file format (or database table) to which all components can add a line (or record) when an update is made. Since each component could use different methods to present a diff, the most general and flexible approach would be to let one field of the RC log format be a complete URL to the diff. Just an idea.
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