I totally agree with Liangent. Having gadgets disabled by default will move a larger number of scripts to Common.js, leading to a whole new class of problems.
Strainu
2013/12/9 Liangent liangent@gmail.com:
MediaWiki:Common.js can also create disagreement and defaults change without notice.
Actually what I did sometimes is to move code from MediaWiki:Common.js to default gadgets, so it can be disabled per user (for example, some users are using a too slow computer or network), and at the same time, this makes maintenance easier for developers, because gadgets can be made modularized, instead of using a big JavaScript and CSS file (Common.js/css).
-Liangent
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 5:02 AM, K. Peachey p858snake@gmail.com wrote:
For wider discussion
From: <bugzilla-daemon <at> wikimedia.org> Subject: [Bug 58236] New: No longer allow gadgets to be turned on by default for all users on Wikimedia sites< http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cbug%2d58236%2d3%40https.bu...
Newsgroups: gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki.bugs< http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki.bugs%3E Date: 2013-12-09 20:41:41 GMT (19 minutes ago)
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58236
Web browser: --- Bug ID: 58236 Summary: No longer allow gadgets to be turned on by default for all users on Wikimedia sites Product: Wikimedia Version: wmf-deployment Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: Unprioritized Component: Site requests Assignee: wikibugs-l <at> lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: jared.zimmerman <at> wikimedia.org CC: benapetr <at> gmail.com, bugzilla+org.wikimedia <at> tuxmachine.com, dereckson <at> espace-win.org, greg <at> wikimedia.org, tomasz <at> twkozlowski.net, wikimedia.bugs <at> snowolf.eu Classification: Unclassified Mobile Platform: ---
Gadgets being turned on for all site users (including readers) can cause a confusing users experience, especially when there is some disagreement and defaults change without notice (readers are rarely if ever part of these discussions)
Move to model where gadgets are per user rather than part of a default experience for users
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