the same. As
was noted in this thread on wikien-l, a
MediaWiki-specific browser would be a fine thing - and we certainly
have the back end for such a creature.
What a surprising situation. I'm quite astonished that no one has
created such a beast, given the thousands of technically competent
users we have. Perhaps we should put out a public request? Would this
not also be a really good summer of code project?
There are many things that could be a good Summer of Code project.
However, the limiting factor does not seem to be lack of things to do
(there are at least 12 ideas on
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2007
plus more at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2007/proposals ).
I suspect the critical path has more to do with number of suitable student
developers who are willing to participate, the number of projects that Google
are prepared to sponsor, and the possibly the number of mentor developers
available. In other words, it is an absolutely fantastic bonus when it
happens, but the healthiest approach is probably that we need to collectively
try to solve our problems for ourselves rather than expecting some external
entity to help make it happen.
-- All the best,
Nick.