This is a feature previously discussed. Summary of changes:

* new links at the foot of RC page: "view previous 50 | 100 | 250 edits" * new item in the URL string for an "up to" date analogous to the "from" date, eg "&upto=20030809172202"

Advantages * obsessives like Mav and me could see a whole day of changes in small chunks: get 250, check them, get the previous 250, check them, etc * doing the above is quicker for the user, since we're not having to download a single 1Mb+ page * might be better for the server to do it this way too! * we could remove the "500" link, since people can get the same informationg in 2 batches of 250 -- might also be better for the server

Coding From by poor reading of the php, we need an extra block in function wfSpecialRecentchanges() I made a rough start and got as far as this:

/* Cut-from -- show N edits from a specified time and older need an $upto value in the query string */ if(preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}$/', $to)) { $cutfrom = "AND rc_timestamp < '{$upto}'";

(but it's probably complete bunkum!!!!!!!)

Is there anyone who can take this mini-project on?