From: <coo...@co...> - 2004-10-23 02:38:42
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Hi Damian and all. The diff interface and options were modifed based on my request. It was designed to be easy for users to compare any two versions, and to compare by the character, not just the paragraph. I would say that an "old" and "new" radio buttons with a "compare" button are quite intuitive; they are based on the established wikipedia interface. If people feel that the old interface ("c d" that can only compare a selected version to the current version) should still be an option, I request that the default be the new interface with extended it's functionality. In terms of respecting the environment, I understand this important. But in the case of Tiki's user interface, the current environment is often difficult for new users to learn. We should not be afraid of some major changes to the interface where they are easier to learn and use. Original and defualt options were often created by tiki veterans who have assumptions and coding perspective that lead to barriers for novice users. Thankfully anyone can use a theme to customize their prefered interface. But I do wish we practiced a democratic method for deciding the defualt templates and settings that every user has to start with and work from. Hopefully Mose's new polls may be used for such application in our community. peace - jd - -- Quoting Damian Parker <da...@da...>: > Hi all, > > Major problem! > > The new diff works completely different to the old style and is very > confusing for users to learn a new style. > > Can someone please make this new style optional imho its not very > good for the environment repect the 3rules please! > > If no-one does I plan to make it optional as soon as I have the time (before > 1.9 release anyway) > with the old style. > > -- > > > Damian Parker > Damosoft - http://www.damosoft.co.uk > Telephone - 0870 9091923 IAXtel - 1700-168-0333 FWD - 72453 > \____ http://www.damosoft.co.uk/ContactUsAccessPoints ____/ > TikiHost - http://tikihost.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Tikiwiki-devel mailing list > Tik...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tikiwiki-devel > |