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
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Romaine Wiki romaine_wiki@yahoo.comwrote:
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.
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