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Bug 21708 - remove gray dates / times
remove gray dates / times
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
LiquidThreads (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Normal enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
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Assigned To: Andrew Garrett
http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Support
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: 21694 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported: 2009-11-30 03:06 UTC by Purodha Blissenbach
Modified: 2009-12-04 09:09 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---


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Description Purodha Blissenbach 2009-11-30 03:06:13 UTC
In the page http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Support
there are now additional lined under each contribution
showing links to user pages and gray dates and times.
These lines aer superfluous. Users can and do "sign"
their contributions with "--~~~~" at the end of their
last lines. There is no need to wast additional lines,
only adding to screen clutter.
Comment 1 Siebrand Mazeland 2009-11-30 12:30:28 UTC
The concept of Lqt was designed so that signing is no longer needed (it saves you keystrokes (5) or mouse clicks (1).

The date is a localised date, which is not possible with a "4 tildes" signing. All in all an improvement.

One thing I may agree upon with you: the 'grey' text could get a heavier style.

Suggesting to close this report as invalid/wfm and/or fix the date style.
Comment 2 Siebrand Mazeland 2009-11-30 12:39:03 UTC
*** Bug 21694 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Andrew Garrett 2009-11-30 16:19:26 UTC
I've darkened the timestamp in r59589.
Comment 4 Purodha Blissenbach 2009-12-04 02:13:36 UTC
Software acting different in identical situations is always a step backwards in usability.
There is no need to confuse people having to "sign" here and not having to "sign" elsewhere.
Casual users will hardly remember what to do where. Massive users will be used to adding their
"signatures" practically automatically. Neither of those is being helped by differing behavior.
Comment 5 Andrew Garrett 2009-12-04 09:09:31 UTC
That's a different issue.

It is definitely an advantage that users do not have to sign in LiquidThreads.

It is useful that a subtle warning is given when a user does attempt to sign a discussion page.

If you have specific other suggestions, I would like to hear them.

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