On 17 September 2012 19:27, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com javascript:;
wrote:
On 17 September 2012 18:03, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com javascript:;
wrote:
Naturally every link wants to escape from the toolbox, if it's collapsed
:-)
They were designed to be used, after all.
I also haven't
On 19 September 2012 17:27, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
On 17 September 2012 19:27, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com javascript:;
wrote:
On 17 September 2012 18:03, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com javascript:;
wrote:
They were designed to be used, after all.
I also haven't
NSince sending that last email, I've been thinking about why the toolboxes
are effectively hidden. (I don't disagree they are - to a new user, having
a link in a collapsed toolbox is functionally equivalent to it not existing)
One possible problem is that the collapsed toolbox has, visibly, very
2012/9/19 MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com
David Gerard wrote:
That there was a plausible reason to hide functionality doesn't mean
it actually works out to be a good idea, and it arguably not working
out to be one is the point of this thread. It turns out that if you
obscure functionality,
On 17 September 2012 18:03, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
Naturally every link wants to escape from the toolbox, if it's collapsed
:-)
They were designed to be used, after all.
I also haven't seen any solid argument for collapsing any navboxes by
default (except perhaps those in the
Hello,
Time after time I run into new users of Wikimedia projects who don't
know that they can use the functions that are available in the Toolbox
on the sidebar, such as What links here, Upload file, User
contributions and E-mail this user. I pointed these people to the
toolbox, because they
Well, this was discussed at length in 2010 (one of the threads was
started by yourself): e.g.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/45758
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/46089
The big question is still valid: just hiding what's found to be used
less makes
