[WikiEN-l] Fwd: Feature suggestion for UI: make the "cancel" link on an edit page a button

[Steve Bennett]

On 11/10/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I proposed this on mediawiki-l. What are your thoughts on this as
> frequent users of the MediaWiki interface?
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I can't say I even knew there was a "cancel" link until you just pointed it
out. There are all sorts of usability issues with
the editing interface far worse than this one.

Gawd, I just noticed that the current text at en looks like this:

--
Content that violates any copyright will be deleted. Encyclopedic content
must be verifiable. You agree to license your contributions under the GFDL*.
<edit box and stuff here>
Do not copy text from other websites without a GFDL-compatible license. It
will be deleted.
<funny characters and stuff>
# By submitting content, you agree to release your contributions under the
GNU Free Documentation License.
...
# Only public domain resources can be copied without permission—this does
not include most web pages or images.
--

(if it's worth saying, it's worth saying three times, right?)

Somehow I don't think the wiki model is working so well
for user interface design. Would that we had a dedicated UI expert in
charge of it.

Getting back to your original question, does it really have to be
a button? A big "cancel" link
at the title level would be fine. But in any case, it's relatively intuitive
after a while that you simply press "back" or even the "article" link
at the top. There are a few places
where similar logic applies

Steve