On 16/09/2009, at 2:19 PM, Daniel Schwen wrote: >> (like HotCat, but good). > Care to elaborate? I'm not too fond of this kind of inuendo without > concrete points. FWIW HotCat is working quite well on Commons.
I'm sure it works fine, but: * It reloads the page 3 times, actually stepping through an edit form, modifying wikitext with JS, and saving. * It is 1100 lines of ugly code. * It isn't localised. * It breaks if translations or aliases of the Category namespace are used. * It adds random text to the category display, instead of using nice icons. * It doesn't prompt for an edit summary, nor does it provide any sort of confirmation. By contrast, my newer version: * Submits an edit through the API, and selectively reloads the category section with no user disruption other than a progress spinner. * Is 300 lines of simple jQuery code. * Is fully localisable. * Has full support for translations and aliases of the category namespace. * Uses icons for the actions. * Prompts for confirmation and an edit summary before making an edit. -- Andrew Garrett [email protected] http://werdn.us/ _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
