On dim, 2003-01-05 at 18:46, Erik Moeller wrote:
Ultimately though, I think it would be better to just have most of the history, whatlinkshere, etc links equally available in editing and history views (iow, "Don't mode me in!")
I dunno, this might create the wrong impression for non-technical users that these links then relate to the edited version of the article.
Well, they do! Editing an article doesn't change what other articles link to it, or what older revisions of it are stored in the database, or the presence of its talk page...
I think the mode lock-in has the advantage of sending a clear message: "Hey, you're editing. You need to save this before doing anything else!"
But that's not a true message, unless they're running Lynx on a singletasking DOS machine with the right arrow on the keyboard broken...
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)