On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 6:50 AM, Tyler Romeo tylerromeo@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
My proposal would be that proposed UI changes which affect large proportions of the user base should be announced 3 months in advance. This would provide plenty of opportunity for discussion, synchronization, and testing of proposed changes.
A much finer definition is needed here. "Proposed UI changes which affect large proportions of the user base", to my mind, includes basically any UI change that affects any public user page, e.g., public Special Pages, article pages, etc. It does not include any specification about the significance of the change. (I understand this is intentional based on your replies in the previous thread.)
uh, in this discussion i have two hearts in the breast, fully supportive of both opinions here. i am wondering if the same could not be reachted with a different, less discussion intensive style, more solved by technology? with user interfaces i'd love, as a consumer, to have something like linux does: continuous features included all the time, not too many discussions in a rolling version (which may be compared to the usual new kernel coming out), and a version which stays stable (compared to the long term support). personally i would opt for the brand new beta version, not wanting to wait that somebody discusses a feature which i can barely imagine how it may look like. an easy switch back and forth gives imo a better indication if its going the right direction.
rupert