On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Romaine Wiki wrote:
> In the past week a software change was executed which was in use by many
> users which gave negative responses as users do not know how to restore it
> for themselves. I understand that technical changes are needed and can't be
> prevented, but what can be prevented is they height of the annoyance. As
> technical ambassador I can explain why things change, but as I have not all
> the know how I was unable to deliver the code for the users vector.css (or
> common/vector.js) to repair the issue. I would suggest that
> developers/tech/everyone is aware of the consequences changes have for
> local users who daily have to deal with changes in the software. I am not
> sure if it is workable, but I still want to suggest: please have a page (or
> something) where I as tech ambassador or users can read how the change in
> the software can be restored in the personal settings.
>
> It happens too much that end users are much annoyed by changes while there
> is no direct answer for how to restore it in the common.css or .js, while
> such is possible.
>
> Romaine
Hi Romaine,
When giving feedback like this, it really helps to be specific about which
issue you're talking about. Technical changes in MediaWiki can come from a
large number of people, including: local site sysops, volunteer MediaWiki
core or extension developers, Wikimedia Foundation technical staff, chapter
technical staff, and others I may be forgetting. If you don't say what
change we're talking about, the feedback is meaningless, because no one
knows who it is addressed to.
--
Steven Walling,
Product Manager
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
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