On 22 July 2010 17:34, Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:34 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Please don't remove the feature where the first letter of the sort key
>> is displayed in the rendered category page, and if necessary add what
>> it takes to keep it.
>> There are scripts where this will be a hard problem, but it's still
>> much-used and much-loved in those where it isn't.

> Is it?  What use does it serve?  We don't have it for any other type
> of list.  We have zillions of types of page lists, and category pages
> are the only ones that have the first letter displayed.  It makes the
> columns uneven, and is completely crazy for some scripts (like CJK,
> AFAICT).


I'm basing this claim on the remarkable effort people go to to get
things to sort on the category page *just right*. People clearly use
this feature, and work hard to use it.

Take it to the VP (technical) on en:wp and I would be amazed if people
don't protest hugely at the prospect of it disappearing. Maybe I'm
wrong, but asking the users would be a good idea first.


- d.

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