I like it :) ... would be neat to package it as a gadget or some client side javascript that could be used in commons directly with your login credentials.
--michael Magnus Manske wrote: > Dear Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and Media-on-Wikis-interested, > > with the Paris multimedia meeting looming ahead, I finally got around > to write some software I planned to do for some time, but never could > muster quite enough incentive for. It is a JavaScript (JQuery)-based > file management tool for Commons (and all MediaWiki installations, > technically). It runs on the toolserver in its current form, but could > be reshaped into a MediaWiki extension without too much fuss. I have > dubbed it "Commons Commander", in remembrance of the Norton Commander, > a quite useful file-management tool at the time. > > For the impatient, a demo link: > http://toolserver.org/~magnus/commcomm/index.html?category=Pictures%20of%20the%20day%20%282009%29 > > Caveat: This is "alpha" stage, neither bug-free not feature-complete. > I tested it successfully on Firefox 3.5 and Safari 4, but it currently > fails on Internet Explorer 8 (quelle surprise!). > > Some features: > * Two-pane browsing (can be switched to one pane) > * Browsing files by category, uploader, recent uploads, file search > * Filter current file list by title (e.g. all files in the current > category/user file list with "Paris" in the title) > * Thumbnails or detailed list, sorted by name, size, or upload date, > ascending or descending > * "Eternal scroll" - load some files initially, loads some more as you > scroll towards the bottom of the list > * Eternal scroll works for browsing files in a category, user uploads, > and search results > * Recent uploads will add new files every 30 seconds instead > * Search for categories and browse the category tree in a special tab > * Open file on double-click > * Select one or multiple files with Crtl and/or Shift keys, or with > buttons at the borrom > * Removing from / adding or moving to a category (where possible) by > buttons in the category sidebar (Commons only; needs TUSC login) > > I have also hijacked the right-click context menu for files: > * Quickly add a file to a category (or move, when browsing a category) > * Rename a file (currently invokes "Move page" on Commons, as my bot > is not allowed to move pages) > * CheckUsage > * Go to file view/edit > * Show other files uploaded by the same user > * Show related files (searches for "significant" parts of the file name) > * Show categories of a file in the category browsing tab > > > I think this turned out to be one of my "prettier" applications, as > far as these things go. Originally, I planned to use drag'n'drop as > well, but I'll save that for later... > > Please let me know what you think, and if this (or some similar thing) > would be usable within MediaWiki/Commons itself. Feature requests and > bug reports are also welcome, but please keep in mind that this is > still a very early stage of development :-) > > Cheers, > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
