mysterious codes? All that is needed is knowing how to indent and sign. David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:17 PM, William Pietri <will...@scissor.com> wrote: > On 12/19/2009 09:25 AM, Teofilo wrote: >> Wiki talk pages as they are now are good. Don't kill them. >> > > Having not used LiquidThreads yet, I can't speak to your experience with > it. But the existing discussion system is a usability nightmare. > > As a software developer, I'm perfectly comfortable dealing with its dark > mysteries. I've spent tens of thousands of hours typing mysterious codes > into giant files interpreted by unforgiving machines. But for the 98% of > humanity that doesn't have much technical background, our discussion > system comes across as somewhere between perplexing and actively hostile. > > For proof, just look at how many software packages have copied our > approach to discussions. As far as I know, the number is zero. The > common solutions seen in forums, blogs, and community sites across the > internet have a lot in common with one another, and are rightly nothing > like what we have. > > I have no idea whether LiquidThreads is the right solution, but if we > want to broaden participation, increase the number of active editors, > and improve our image, we definitely need something better than what we > have. Hopefully we can do that in a way that keeps the benefits of the > current system, but I think it's vital to mitigate the many and glaring > current flaws. > > William > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l