>> - it allows us to create blamemaps for history pages, so that you >> can quickly see who added a specific piece of text. This is very >> interesting for anyone who's ever tried to navigate a long version >> history to find out who added something.
I have to admit, I'd find this incredibly useful myself. > What I'd like would be when colors are shown, if you hover over some > text it pops up a hover of the user who wrote it and when it was > written (the revision). I'd also find this useful. Emily On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:26 PM, FT2 wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> - it allows us to create blamemaps for history pages, so that you can >> quickly see who added a specific piece of text. This is very >> interesting for anyone who's ever tried to navigate a long version >> history to find out who added something. >> > > Yes. Incredibly useful. What I'd like would be when colors are > shown, if you > hover over some text it pops up a hover of the user who wrote it and > when it > was written (the revision). This would be a bit like the way Google > Translate pops up the source text. I'd position the popup far left > or far > right of the window though so it doesn't obscure the text and annoy > one so > much (or have positioning be an option). > >> >> - it potentially allows us to come up with an algorithmic "best >> recent >> revision" guess. This is very useful for offline exports. >> > > Makes sense. Also good for anti-vandalism work. > > > >> >> The trust coloring is clearly the most controversial part of the >> technology. However, it's also integral to it, and we think it could >> be valuable. If we do integrate it, it would likely be initially as a >> user preference. (And of course no view of the article would have it >> toggled on by default.) There may also be additional community >> consultation required. >> > > > A show/hide button on the screen, with "default status" in > preferences, > please. And maybe an interface issue to consider, having a narrow > top bar > that doesn't scroll, where status, flagged revision etc info can be > put that > will always be visible no matter where you are in the article. > > FT2 > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l