On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 13:46 -0700, Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales wrote:
Can someone explain to me the purpose of the "Compare selected versions" Javascript? It makes no sense to me, and it really slows down the page for me. When I try to compare two versions, I have to wait a long time for the page to change to reflect my selections.
The main reasons for it are:
* Order columns so that left/right in the diff view reflects left/right in the selection columns * Prevent the user from selecting two identical versions
It's purely cosmetical and not in any way involved in the form submission or similar, so it works just fine without.
The speed problem should be solvable by improving the diffcheck() function (can be done by overriding the function in Monobook.js).