On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:35 PM, James Forrester <[email protected]>wrote: > > It would imply that this is a preference​ that Wikimedia thinks is > appropriate. This would be a lie. For a similar example, see the removal of > the "disable JavaScript" option from Firefox 23. >
You still haven't explained why this preference is inappropriate. > It would imply that Wikimedia thinks preference bloat is an appropriate > way > forward for users. This would be a lie. Each added preference adds to the > complexity of our interface, increasing even further the choice paralysis > and laughable usability of our existing preference system. > Like others have said, this is not a choice between having a user preference or not having it. It's a choice between having a consistently functional user preference or pseudo-maintained gadgets doing the same functionality. That adds even more bloat than another checkbox in the Editing section (which, by the way, was just reorganized anyway). > It would imply that Wikimedia thinks preference bloat is an appropriate way > forward for expenditure of donor funds. This would be a lie. Each added > preference adds to the complexity of our software - so increasing the cost > and slowness of development and testing, and the difficulty of user > support. > Stop being so dramatic. This is clearly false. > It would imply that Wikimedia can get rid of under-used preferences. This > would be a lie. We do not have a successful track record of getting rid of > preferences, even when used by a handful of our users, even when set away > from default mostly by inactive accounts; accepting this form of product > debt now on the spurious claim that we'll pay it off later is untrue. > This doesn't have anything to do with this discussion. It's already been expressed that this will not be an under-used preference, and that numerous members of the community want this feature. > ​Creating such a preference is a lie, and a lie I cannot endorse. > In conclusion, if you really think lying to the community is so bad, then I recommend the VE team stop doing so as well as stop shoving this propaganda down the community's throat as if VE is the second coming. *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
