[wp-testers] AW: Write Page

[Annie]

I got the joke as I'm sure others did.

But joking doesn't hide or lessen the issue we're discussing.

In my opinion, this is a major flaw. And no, "living with it" isn't  
going to make me like it.



~ Annie

(Oh - and I don't eat omelets, or eggs for that matter. ;-) I'm  
allergic . . .)

On Mar 27, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Matt Mullenweg wrote:

> Annie wrote:
>> And I completely agree with Dawnne here. It's totally not the  
>> scrolling that's the issue - it's the user friendliness of often  
>> used fields.
>
> Sorry, was just attempting a joke.
>
>> Like the old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>
> I completely agree with that, but you've got to break a few eggs to  
> make an omelet.
>
>> I do like most of the other changes and upgrades but this  
>> one . . . it's counter-productive and makes the whole design feel  
>> broken to me.
>
> I think for a chunk of the people who currently dislike it, living  
> with it for a few posts will grow to like it.
>
> Others may never take to it, but that's okay, WP has always done  
> what it considers best in core, avoided unnecessary options, and  
> allowed people with differing opinions about how things should work  
> to express that through plugins. We also watch usage of plugins  
> closely, and might change the direction of the software based on  
> something with grassroots popularity, in fact many of the major  
> features in WP the past few years have been a result of this.
>
> -- 
> Matt Mullenweg
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