[pmwiki-users] Re: Redesigning the edit page - heirarchical menus?

[Dr Fred C]

Fine, if you don't want decisions made by software setting, config the 
auto major/minor parameter at zero char or 0% change and then the user 
will have to select between the major/minor edit buttons.  Having an 
automated major/minor option just makes it easier (and probably more 
accurate) for most situations, sort of like most folks who've been 
around the block more than once, may have autosave set for word 
processing backups. 

Radu wrote:

> Most of the time I am against allowing the computer to make decisions 
> for me. Computers are good at automating things, not at making 
> abstract choices like the one between minor and major - which to begin 
> with is fuzzy even for people. Even if two people will agree in 
> definition on what the minor/major distinction means, in practice 
> they'll most definitely diverge (I can provide references for the HCI 
> studies), and even if they did, it's rather difficult to keep it 
> consistent, especially if you also have to remember to click a 
> checkbox before saving. We're there to edit content, not to provide 
> metadata on our edits. The metadata should not require extra clicks.
>
>> >Before one complicates the save routine, perhaps the major/minor option
>> >could be automated by comparing the page size before and after.  If the
>> >change is size is bigger than 15 chars or 5% (or whatever is set in
>> >config as the trigger for major edit), then it's a major change,
>> >otherwise it's automatically saved as a minor change.   One could even
>> >still have the major/minor save option there, but most users probably
>> >aren't going to bother making the determination, they'll just click
>> >(major) save.  Sure, some major small character changes in wiki
>> >directives might get missed, but most changes would likely get properly
>> >determined and saved appropriately.
>>
>> I think it's a good idea, for me minor changes are typos correction,
>> little formatting errors etc... and this would sure affect only few
>> mount for text, maybe letting to set a parameter in config files allow
>> single webmaster decide how much text change is a minor change (by %
>> or # of chars)
>
>
> Cheers,
> Radu
> (www.monicsoft.net)
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