[Wikimedia-l] the hidden toolbox

[MZMcBride]

David Gerard wrote:
> That there was a plausible reason to hide functionality doesn't mean
> it actually works out to be a good idea, and it arguably not working
> out to be one is the point of this thread. It turns out that if you
> obscure functionality, people don't know it exists and their use of
> the site is hampered. We do need to convert readers to editors, after
> all.

Based on anecdotal evidence, I can safely say that hiding the page move
action below the arrow tab in the Vector skin has significantly increased
the number of people who have no idea how to move a page. Yes, boy and
girls, hiding things makes them more difficult to find; film at 11. :-)

MZMcBride