Last modified: 2014-11-17 09:21:32 UTC
"Recent changes" and "Watchlist" tabs of preferences are hard to understand and use. * Some prefs and parts of the UI are exactly the same on both. * The entire "Display options" menu on both tabs * "Show Wikidata edits" (the text is subtly different, no idea about the behavior) * "Hide minor edits" * Some don't even belong to either. * "Number of edits to show in recent changes, page histories, and in logs, by default:" * "Watchlist token:" (bug 21912) * Some apply to both watchlist and RC despite being shown only on one tab. * "Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist" * Some are only shown in one even though they could apply to both. * All of the "Hide edits" checkboxes; only "Hide minor edits" is available on both for some reason The only solution I see is to merge them, just like the code for the two should be merged (bug 48641). The hiding checkboxes could use the new HTMLCheckMatrix class (used by Echo for settings of its notifications, with two columns for web and e-mail – we'd use columns for watchlist and RC here). Old request for something a little similar: bug 18524.
I'd like to start with a simple merge of the two [[Special:Preferences]] tabs ("Recent changes" and "Watchlist") into a single "Feeds" tab. Thoughts on this?
Sounds like a good idea, but "Feeds" doesn't sound descriptive enough to me. If anything, I'd prefer simply "Watchlist and recent changes".
(In reply to Bartosz Dziewoński from comment #2) > Sounds like a good idea, but "Feeds" doesn't sound descriptive enough to me. > If anything, I'd prefer simply "Watchlist and recent changes". +1. The longer label is worth it. (Also, using "Feeds" would overlap or be ambiguous with: LQT, and Notifications, and any future Flow preferences)
Boldly changing this bug's summary to be more focused. If anyone thinks we should split out to a separate bug report for some reason, please let me know (or just do it!).
