On 2/10/10 6:55 AM, Roan Kattouw wrote: > 2010/2/10 Aryeh Gregor<simetrical+wikil...@gmail.com>: > >> I'm also concerned by the fact that at least some (I haven't looked >> closely) of the Usability Initiative stuff seems to work only in >> Vector. For instance, apparently EditWarning doesn't work at all in >> non-Vector skins, although it's surely just as applicable. Skins >> should *only* be used to provide different visual appearance -- they >> should not be creating functional differences. Users should be able >> to choose which skin they prefer based on aesthetics alone, without >> having to sacrifice features to use their preferred skin. >> >> > EditWarning only working in Vector is a weird quirk that is indeed > unnecessary. The other Vector-only modules, however, do stuff that's > rather Vector-specific and need skin support (like collapsing tabs, > enhancing Vector's search box, etc.). > > Roan Kattouw (Catrope) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > EditWarning works in any skin. It's only turned on on Vector because there was this concern that the "Read" tab would cause people to leave the edit page without thinking about their edits. I never agreed with this notion, but we added it in to appease those who did.
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