Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread Kaartic Sivaraam
On Sat, 02 Sep 2017 02:06:09 +, Chad wrote, (3) I would*really* like to have 2--maybe 3--browsers to list. There's zero reason to make users think there's only one option when there's a couple of valid ones. I would love that too. Imagine that we do take the

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread Chad
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 3:57 PM Neil Patel Quinn wrote: > I understand the desire to avoid playing favorites by directing users to a > list of browsers rather than a single one, but I think that cuts against > *both > *the goals of doing this in the first place. > > The

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread zppix e
I personally use firefox on desktop and safari on my mobile (im lazy to install an web browser on mobile lol) but I don't think we should make users feel like we're pushing them towards a certain browser because someone(s) agree the browser is recommended. While yes people may see the list and

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread Neil Patel Quinn
I understand the desire to avoid playing favorites by directing users to a list of browsers rather than a single one, but I think that cuts against *both *the goals of doing this in the first place. The first goal is to nudge users to upgrade from an insecure, less-capable browser to a modern

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread zppix e
Why dont we link to an list of web browsers compatible with wmf projects and let the user decide Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 1, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Chad wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:55 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) > wrote: > >> At least until

[Wikitech-l] TechCom Radar, 2017-08-30

2017-09-01 Thread Daniel Kinzler
Hi all! Find below the minutes of the last meeting of the Technical Committee. * Giuseppe Lavagetto joins TechCom! * Ongoing issue: Large job queue backlog, see and * Work started on MCR

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread Chad
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:55 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > At least until a proper resource exists, just directing people to the > latest Firefox is probably the most reasonable option (we certainly > can't support the incumbent). > > Is linking to Firefox and Chromium an

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
-1 to linking any resource which is not itself free software, translatable with free software and managed by a privacy-compliant org. Positive example of what I mean: https://pdfreaders.org/ . At least until a proper resource exists, just directing people to the latest Firefox is probably the

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread Dan Garry
On 1 September 2017 at 01:58, Gergo Tisza wrote: > > We could send them to something like https://whatbrowser.org/ or > https://browsehappy.com/ whatbrowser.org is definitely a nice experience, but it does require JS to work; it fails to load both your current browser and

Re: [Wikitech-l] Recommending Firefox to users using legacy browsers?

2017-09-01 Thread Katie Chan
On 01/09/2017 01:58, Gergo Tisza wrote: On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:37 PM, bawolff wrote: I'm concerned this would be seen as an inapropriate bias. We could send them to something like https://whatbrowser.org/ or https://browsehappy.com/ Motivating users to update their

Re: [Wikitech-l] libraryupgrader will now upgrade libraries

2017-09-01 Thread Legoktm
Sorry, I totally forgot to include a link to the main project page: . -- Legoktm ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

[Wikitech-l] MediaWiki-CodeSniffer 0.12.0

2017-09-01 Thread Legoktm
Hello! MediaWiki-CodeSniffer 0.12.0 is now available for use in your MediaWiki extensions and other projects. This release fixes bugs from 0.11.0 as well as some new features: * Add sniff to ensure floats have a leading `0` if necessary (Kunal Mehta) * Add sniff to ensure the class name matches

[Wikitech-l] libraryupgrader will now upgrade libraries

2017-09-01 Thread Legoktm
Hi, In the past I used a few scripts on my laptop to submit patches and review bumps to libraries, usually for MediaWiki-CodeSniffer. I've now migrated this to a separate account "libraryupgrader", that is now semi-automatically doing the entire process, and runs inside a Cloud VPS project. I've