Nick Jenkins wrote:
Very draft mock-up of a possible UI, from what I think you're describing: http://files.nickj.org/MediaWiki/ui-draft-mockup.png
Looks nice. Many thanks for doing the mockup.
While you guys are at it: could you make the edit summary field larger? I mean extending it to right edge of the window. I always do have a strong key hole viewing feeling when looking at this edit page.
Also could you please add a preview for the edit summary (when I hit preview I want a preview for the page text *and* the edit summary as it will appear in the history). Reason: I'm prone to typos but I see them better when I can look at the text in original font and with links parsed.
And how bad would it be being able to edit my own edit summary *after* save? Maybe with a time limit (after 6 hours or whatever time limit the edit summary is fixed forever). We sometimes put some stuff in edit summaries we regret later (example: Wikipedians have been opposed on RfA's for edit summaries alone). Nobody is perfect ;-) Of course, this feature would be limited to logged in users.
--Ligulem