there are several tools that could be interesting to have in AJAX, the editing preview, but I have several other examples that could be faster for the user : - following or not a page without having to reload a new page - the [edit] button that opens a box directly inside the page without reloading another one - renaming/deleting etc. in the same way (box added at the top of the page) These tools are far from necessary but they improve the use of MediaWiki and they could reduce the number of requests for the servers.
I have also in mind a new SpecialRC.php page, in ajax too. It would be updated automatically and would offer instant tools, like viewing beginning of the diff passing just the mouse on the link, sending messages to an IP or a new user directly from the RC page, ... and helping stuff to fight vandalism. (A tool that would finally turn the RC page into a Vandal Fighter tool, with all the advantages of being included in the browser.)
Plyd
On 4/27/06, Ivan Krstic krstic@fas.harvard.edu wrote:
Plyd wrote:
I was wondering how it could be possible to make a real AJAX user
interface
without having a strong API.
It's not clear to me that we want a "real AJAX user interface". Things like the editing preview and recent changes are somewhat obvious candidates for a sprinkling of AJAX; which other parts of the user interaction with MW do you think would benefit significantly from it?
Let's not fix things that aren't broken.
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