Neil Schneider wrote: >.. >> Maybe I should ask whether hiding deletions (from general users) is >> considered desirable? I was thinking we're just trying to keep it from >> cluttering the nav-menu. > > I guess we would have to answer another question first, for whom is > the "recent changes" displayed. The average viewer doesn't really > care, I think. Because they're not into managing the site so much, and > more into viewing the content. Those who are sitemanagers would like > to see it when they log in, because it tells them something about the > state of the site.
In my previous post I've removed the recent-changes portlet, to see how it looks, ..but.. I think it's worth considering the following: Web visitors don't always know how to discover things. Nor sometimes even how to navigate effectively, nor how to subscribe to changes. For those users, the recent changes list at least puts a few page titles in front of them. I wouldn't be surprised if even the experienced users give the recent changes a checkin-glance to see what they've been missing. So, I guess I lean toward retaining a recent changes portlet. Q: ..other opinions..? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
