On 16/09/2009, at 2:19 PM, Daniel Schwen wrote:
(like HotCat, but good).
Care to elaborate? I'm not too fond of this kind of inuendo without concrete points. FWIW HotCat is working quite well on Commons.
I'm sure it works fine, but: * It reloads the page 3 times, actually stepping through an edit form, modifying wikitext with JS, and saving. * It is 1100 lines of ugly code. * It isn't localised. * It breaks if translations or aliases of the Category namespace are used. * It adds random text to the category display, instead of using nice icons. * It doesn't prompt for an edit summary, nor does it provide any sort of confirmation.
By contrast, my newer version: * Submits an edit through the API, and selectively reloads the category section with no user disruption other than a progress spinner. * Is 300 lines of simple jQuery code. * Is fully localisable. * Has full support for translations and aliases of the category namespace. * Uses icons for the actions. * Prompts for confirmation and an edit summary before making an edit.
-- Andrew Garrett agarrett@wikimedia.org http://werdn.us/