2010/2/10 Aryeh
Gregor<Simetrical+wikilist(a)gmail.com>om>:
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)
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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.
- Trevor