Re: [Wikitech-l] Disabling JS support in additional browsers
On 8/23/14, 6:38 PM, svetlana wrote: > [...] > > Are there changes affecting only JavaScript, or also CSS? > > CSS is another beast that needs effort to support in browsers properly. Just JavaScript, as the subject line indicates :-) -- Legoktm ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Arlo Breault joins Wikimedia as Features Engineer
Thanks Pine. I joined up. On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Pine W wrote: > Arlo, > > That is a very professional picture. > > I see that you live in British Columbia. May I invite you to join the > illustrious ranks of the Cascadia Wikimedians group and sign up for our > email list? We are hoping for formal approval of our group from Affcom > shortly. > > Email list > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > Meta talk > https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians > > Pine > On Aug 18, 2014 11:39 AM, "Terry Chay" wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > It’s with great pleasure that I’m announcing that Arlo Breault joined the > > Wikimedia Foundation as a Features Engineer. Note the past tense. :-D > > > > Before joining us, Arlo worked as an independent open-source software > > developer. He’s held various contracts at the Tor Project[1], > > DuckDuckGo[2], Storify[3], and Right & Democracy[4], amongst others, > where > > he’s worked on everything from novel censorship circumvention systems to > > navigable visualizations of the web graph. > > > > I first found out about him in April of 2012, but we only managed to find > > a fit a year ago in July of 2013 as an international contractor. His > first > > official day as a member of our staff was July 7, 2014. I tell myself > that > > announcing Arlo and Marc together is the reason I’ve been tardy on these > > announcements. :-D Along with Marcoil (previous e-mail), the two of them > > work with Subbu Sastry and C. Scott Ananian to form the Parsoid team, > which > > provides the back-end voodoo that turns your VisualEditing into wikitext > > and back again.[5] > > > > Arlo studied physics and mathematics at McGill in Montréal, and now lives > > in Victoria, BC. He has been spending a lot of his free time lately > looking > > at cryptographic protocols, contributing OTR.js[6] to Cryptocat[7], a > > privacy preserving chat application. He’s otherwise typically Canadian, > > enjoying his maple syrup, hockey, and reading by the warm glow of a fire. > > > > Please join me in a belated welcome of Arlo to the Wikimedia Foundation. > > :-) > > > > Take care, > > Terry > > > > P.S. In keeping with Jared’s demand of a picture to accompany every new > > hire announcement, here is one: > > https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/123708?v=2&s=400 > > > > [1] https://www.torproject.org/ > > [2] https://duckduckgo.com/ > > [3] https://storify.com/ > > [4] > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Centre_for_Human_Rights_and_Democratic_Development > > [5] > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/04/parsoid-how-wikipedia-catches-up-with-the-web/ > > [6] https://github.com/arlolra/otr > > [7] https://crypto.cat/ > > > > terry chay 최태리 > > Director of Features Engineering > > Wikimedia Foundation > > “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.” > > > > p: +1 (415) 839-6885 x6832 > > m: +1 (408) 480-8902 > > e: tc...@wikimedia.org > > i: http://terrychay.com/ > > w: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tychay > > aim: terrychay > > > > ___ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > ___ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Disabling JS support in additional browsers
[...] Are there changes affecting only JavaScript, or also CSS? CSS is another beast that needs effort to support in browsers properly. svetlana ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] MassMessage delivery list improvement (GSoC wrap-up)
Hi, For my Google Summer of Code project, I worked on improving the way delivery lists are stored and modified in the MassMessage extension.[1] To that end, I have implemented a ContentHandler and JSON-based backend for storing delivery lists, in addition to frontend for creating and managing the lists. Compared to my stated deliverables, I have largely accomplished what I set out to do, with the following being the larger differences: * For editing lists, instead of an interface similar to the prototype linked on the project page with a no-JavaScript fallback, I implemented a more Wikidata-like UI for quick additions and removals. * Instead of an API for adding or removing own talk pages from delivery lists, I worked on a more general API for adding and removing pages. The code has yet to be merged or deployed, pending some final code review and database changes for WMF wikis,[2] but it should be doable in the near future. In the meantime, there is a Labs instance set up running the new code;[3] please try it out and provide any feedback. I’d like to thank Legoktm for being an extremely helpful and responsive mentor, Prtksxna for his UX guidance and help, and MZMcBride for testing the new features and pointing out issues and things to improve. Working on the project has been a valuable experience, and I appreciate all the assistance I received that helped make it a success. wctaiwan [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MassMessage/Page_input_list_improvements [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49193 [3] http://mm-ch.wmflabs.org/ ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Reviewing a couple of TorBlock patches
I can help a bit with review. I maintain the check[0] service for the Tor project. [0] https://check.torproject.org/ On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Legoktm wrote: > On 7/23/14, 4:56 AM, Quim Gil wrote: > > According to our algorithm (*), TorBlock currently has the worse track > > reviewing code contributions -- even after Tim gave a -1 to one of the > > three open patches last week (thanks!). There are two patches from Tyler > > that haven't received any feedback at all since August 2013. > > > > > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/status:open+project:mediawiki/extensions/TorBlock,n,z > > I left comments on all the patches. The -1's are mainly due to rebasing > needed. > > > Your help reviewing these patches is welcome. > > > > It is not surprising that this extension has no maintaner listed at > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developers/Maintainers (someone suggested > > Tim in that table, he disagrees and edited accordingly). > > > > Also, maybe someone is interested in maintaining this extension? Only > > eleven patches submitted in the last 15 months. > > Probably not since I don't really know that much about tor, but I'm > willing to review Tyler's patches if he's unable to find other people. > > -- Legoktm > > ___ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Disabling JS support in additional browsers
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > == Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x == > > Last release in series: April 2009 > > - Browsing: Most pages work fine (some styling issues), but pages with > audio files cause JavaScript errors (problem in TMH). > - Editing: Throws JS error immediately (problem in RefToolbar) > > Both of these errors don't occur in IE8. > > Security vulnerabilities: > > Secunia reports 15 out of 87 vulnerabilities as unpatched, with the > most serious one being rated as "moderately critical" (which is the > same as IE6, while the most serious IE8 vulnerability is rated "less > critical"). > > Usage: <1% > > Recommendation: Add to blacklist The IE6 disable patch is in prod now. I've tested on a few wikis and have not noticed any issues - if anything, IE6 actually feels usable now when before it kept throwing errors or was just slowing to a crawl. If there are no objections, I'll do the same with IE7 after wmf19 lands on mw.org (to give us a little bit more time for any issues to be reported). Erik ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
