[Wikipedia-l] Why is MediaWiki so low-tech?

[Philip Newton]

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:47:57 -0500, "James Hare"
<messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well we have to remember that -not everyone- owns a Dell Dimension with a
> 3gHz processor and 1GB of RAM, or a high-end MacBook from 2006. While I own
> both, not everyone does. Not everyone has the resources to run the latest
> browser with all the greatest implements and support for seventy thousand
> scripts. I wouldn't be surprised if a computer that was old by 1995 in the
> US is considered industry standard in Somalia.

Hence his suggestion to:

> On 1/6/07, Virgil Ierubino <virgil.ierubino at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can't MediaWiki default to its
> > current state, but offer a per-user preference to turn on advanced
> > options?

Cheers,
Philip