I think the point of segments instead of a byte counter is that people won't be thinking "hey why is it subtracting 2 or 3 instead of 1 every time I type?" I think the relative speed of segment moving will not be a big deal.
-- brion On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Erick Guan <[email protected]>wrote: > A line will be great. > > 255 segments in one line? For people using other language or typing > English and other language combined, will it still be strange to see the > segments fade faster than expected? > > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Trevor Parscal <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think using a geometric, rather than numeric, indicator is a good idea, >> but until it starts moving in response to typing, it will be unclear what >> it means. And because that movement in response to typing is so important >> to the user understanding the meaning of the indicator, it should probably >> just be a line with 255 segments and respond to every keystroke. >> >> - Trevor >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:27 AM, Erick Guan <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Edit summary can't be longer than 255 bytes. Bug >>> 4715<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4715> which >>> wants to support longer summary won't be patched in a short period, or >>> won't fix. Bug 40035<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40035> >>> shows >>> the counter by exposing how much bytes left directly to the user. But it >>> will still confuse the user in other languages. >>> >>> I think a indicator which contains four gray lines will help. With the >>> content of edit summary increasing, the indicator decrease the number of >>> lines. When edit summary takes up more than 255 bytes, the indicator >>> increases red lines for warning and the save button is disabled instead of >>> wrap content of the edit summary. >>> >>> In this way, the indicator works consistently with any characters at >>> least. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Erick Guan/管啸 (fantasticfears) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitext-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitext-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitext-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitext-l >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > > Erick Guan/管啸 (fantasticfears) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitext-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitext-l > >
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