On 1/20/09 1:40 PM, Platonides wrote:
They could benefit from drafts, but in that case better to do it on the browser itself. IMHO we still need some kind of saving into firefox storage, for cases like a read-only db. Instead of 'You can't save, the site is read-only'->'Save-draft'->'No, you can't, the db is read-only', 'You can't save, the site is read-only'->'Save-draft'->'The site is read-only, the draft has been saved into your browser'.
Client-side storage would be fantastic (and avoid unnecessary server round-trips). We discussed this in original planning but didn't get round to implementing it yet.
A completely different approach could be to allow anyone to view other's drafts. As a new feature, it could be accepted as it is, without treating it as a completely privacy section. Normal wikipedians won't mind of people seeing the article as they're writing in. However, the auto-save-draft may conflict with it.
I wouldn't be comfortable with that, especially for discussion pages. I also wouldn't be comfortable with my e-mail client showing everybody my drafts of my e-mails...
I'm sure I'm not the only one who sometimes writes things they delete for a very good reason before pushing save. ;)
-- brion