[wp-testers] Edit Comment

[Les Bessant]

On 19 Mar 2008, at 18:36, Hohndel, Dirk wrote:
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> On Mar 18, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Mr. Awesome wrote:
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>> Nick Momrik wrote:
>>> Click on the comment author's name.
>>> http://img.skitch.com/20080318-e29heqxek22q4frt6e1ajqscff.jpg
>>
>> This is obviously going to be a problem for users / new users. It's  
>> been said already, repeatedly... of course.. but, I still think  
>> something like ...plain text that says ( Edit:  ) BEFORE the  
>> comment titles, post titles, page titles and etc would perhaps be  
>> okay? Or, bring back the "Edit" link some wheres...Heck, even if  
>> you made an announcement post about THAT change, users would still  
>> most likely be confused out of their gourds...
>
>
> I'll admit that I am puzzled about this. The big new thing about 2.5  
> is the new user interface - yet with all the great feedback on the  
> serious shortcomings of the new interface I see very little response  
> that makes me comfortable that these issues will be addressed prior  
> to the release.
>
> Open Source is all about community - ignoring your community is  
> rarely a smart move. And adding all kinds of usability traps is  
> going to come back and bite you.
>
> Just my 2¢
>

I've added this to http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6282

This kind of thing was identified as a general problem on the web a  
long, long time ago[1]. Have people forgotten?

See http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/mysterymeatnavigation.html

[1] In internet years, that is
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