----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Gerard" <[email protected]>

> On 13 May 2011 09:09, Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> wrote:
> > And having it available as an option's a great idea. But forcing it
> > *absolutely* rules out some potential use-cases, which is rarely a
> > good idea in software design; especially in the case of *tools*
> > design,
> > which is what Mediawiki is: it's a tool as much as it's an
> > application.
> 
> Ah, OK, we agree :-) 

Wait'll you see my next reply.  :-)

>                       I wouldn't make it the *default* unless and until
> it proved to be massively the actual desired use case. I think it'd be
> a great feature and I'd really like it for real-world use (intranet
> wikis in particular - it's amazing how many people who use a computer
> all day every day get away with claiming to be unable to use them).

Who the hell would be typing internal URLs into an Intranet wiki?

Cheers,
-- jra

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