Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales wrote:
Can someone explain to me the purpose of the "Compare selected versions" Javascript? It makes no sense to me, and it really slows down the page for me. When I try to compare two versions, I have to wait a long time for the page to change to reflect my selections.
Presumably, it's to automatically submit the form instead of requiring the user to hunt down a "submit" button that might be 100 lines away.
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Since last I really looked, though, somebody has turned it into a nighmarish concoction of evil that magically appears and disappears radio buttons, and removed the auto-submit. (It was annoying when it was auto-submit after clicking checkboxes, because checkboxes don't normally behave that way, but this is even worse.) And yes, it takes *forever* in Safari at least.
Any objection to ripping it out and replacing it with good old fashioned normal radio buttons?
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)