On 1/20/09 1:40 PM, Platonides wrote: > They could benefit from drafts, but in that case better to do it on the > browser itself. IMHO we still need some kind of saving into firefox > storage, for cases like a read-only db. Instead of 'You can't save, the > site is read-only'->'Save-draft'->'No, you can't, the db is read-only', > 'You can't save, the site is read-only'->'Save-draft'->'The site is > read-only, the draft has been saved into your browser'.
Client-side storage would be fantastic (and avoid unnecessary server round-trips). We discussed this in original planning but didn't get round to implementing it yet. > A completely different approach could be to allow anyone to view other's > drafts. As a new feature, it could be accepted as it is, without > treating it as a completely privacy section. Normal wikipedians won't > mind of people seeing the article as they're writing in. However, the > auto-save-draft may conflict with it. I wouldn't be comfortable with that, especially for discussion pages. I also wouldn't be comfortable with my e-mail client showing everybody my drafts of my e-mails... I'm sure I'm not the only one who sometimes writes things they delete for a very good reason before pushing save. ;) -- brion _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
