On 4/29/06, Patrick Aljord patcito@gmail.com wrote:
so are you ok for a " upload progress" and an "lazy loading"? those one requires ajax. the gmail like functionnallity to add several files at the same time is only a little javascript with no server load.
Having these features is OK, I think, as long as they degrade gracefully to older browsers (including text mode browsers which may be used by blind people). The editing toolbar is an example of a JavaScript feature in MediaWiki that is only user-visible if the client supports it.
An AJAX-based category selector would be nice, especially if written in such a general way that it can not only be used on the upload form, but possibly also be called from the toolbar, opening in a little pop-up and inserting categories into the edit window.
There's no prohibition against AJAX in MediaWiki or anything like that. To the contrary, there's actually a basic AJAX search autocompletion feature in SVN Trunk, which can be activated by setting $wgUseAjax=true in LocalSettings.php.
I'm the person who proposed the upload form remodeling task, if you want, we can Skype about it and discuss in detail what could be done.
Erik