https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50540
--- Comment #34 from Timeshifter <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #33 by Eduard Braun) > It's not about "being difficult" it's about consistency! > > We have two equivalent ways of editing an article, therefore there should be > two equivalent buttons. > > Either both of them should be textual links or both of them should be icons. Chris McKenna said that a text link and an icon link were "a nightmare from a usability perspective". You are saying "it's about consistency". Something can be completely usable and not be consistent. Why is consistency important to you? I do not see the need. According to your logic, we should delete the watchlist star icon because it is inconsistent with the text links at the top of pages. I believe the watchlist star icon was partially implemented as a way to save space at the top of pages, and to avoid having dropdown menus in smaller screens. The star icon allowed the viewing of Wikipedia pages at smaller screen widths before the dropdown menus showed up at the top. With edit links we are trying to avoid dropdowns, hover, and hidden edit links. An icon avoids clutter on section header lines. We still need "edit" as text at least once, since that is what makes Wikipedia what it is; the encyclopedia that anybody can *edit*. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
