On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Aryeh Gregor Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Tei oscar.vives@gmail.com wrote:
%% Not multiple edits on same template %%
I think the edit page sould be more smart. If a user open the same page two times, the second time sould be warned that the page is already opened. This may need some trans-window comunication, that is not something browser love to do, but I guest is possible with DOMStorage/Cookies or something else.
I don't think there's a reliable way to do this. We can set some type of storage when the user opens an edit page, but we can't reliably unset it when they close the page or navigate away.
If there is an autosave type of function, and it is enabled, then one could control for duplicate windows using that communication stream. I actually like the idea of an autosave, but I could see how it might not be a high priority (and could eventually be something of resource hog if people are allowed to leave a lot of uncommitted drafts lying around).
You mean when viewing articles, or editing them? Cutting out cruft when editing is something the usability project is looking into, AFAIK. Cruft while viewing is up to the individual projects, not a technical issue -- tell enwiki to use fewer annoying boxes if you don't like them.
On the viewing side it isn't be hard to banish the [citation needed] tags and message boxes using CSS. I've played around with code for wiki sites I manage to add that sort of functionality (and other related options) as a toggle buttons on the sidebar. I don't know if putting it in the sidebar for everyone would be okay for enwiki, etc., but I'm sure someone could write a gadget to give logged in users the ability to hide the meta-data.
-Robert Rohde