[Foundation-l] hiding interlanguage links by default is a Bad Idea, part 2

Austin Hair adhair at gmail.com
Sat Jun 5 13:56:26 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:47 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair at gmail.com> wrote:
> Austin Hair wrote:
>
>> And yes, I'll echo others when I question the original rationale and
>> suggest that the interpretation of what very little data was collected
>> is completely wrong, but I think I'll direct my focus toward a
>> practical fix, rather than just calling the usability team stupid.
>
> Your last sentence surprised me, as I haven't seen anyone opine that
> the usability team is stupid (and I certainly am not suggesting
> anything of the sort).  Everyone makes mistakes, and we believe that
> one has been made in this instance.  As for a practical fix, one
> actually was implemented (and quickly undone).

Sorry if that wasn't clear—I didn't mean to indict you or anyone else
for doing that; all I meant was that although I, personally, could
easily focus on mistakes the usability team made, the way forward is
to simply fix it to everyone's satisfaction.

Austin




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