On Monday 29 September 2003 16:54, Tomos at Wikipedia wrote:
I am posting this here (as opposed to sourceforge) since this idea needs some discussion, etc.
I often think that viewing the latest version of the page after just editing it is not necessary.
When I press "Save" button, all I need is the message that "data is now saved," not the whole article/ page.
So it would be nice to have that option in one way or another. It could be either a user option or two save buttons with the edit box. Or "data is now saved" is the default, and there is a link to the page just edited. (The last option is similar to the way login proceeds. You get a link to the previously visited page after logging in successfully.)
I would disagree with this. Oftenly errors are spotted after saving page (even if preview is used prior to that), and for new users it is interesting and important that they see what their work looks like.
If this is implemented, I think it should be a separate option of normal saving, available only if the edit is previewed and not changed after preview (or if not that, only if the edit is previewed), and only for registered users.