[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19196: PHP notices hidden under admin bar

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Sat Mar 3 00:29:20 UTC 2012


#19196: PHP notices hidden under admin bar
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 Reporter:  sergiovieira           |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  Toolbar                |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |
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Changes (by nacin):

 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 3.4


Comment:

 I would rather avoid a new UI convention for PHP errors for now. What this
 does is it takes ownership of the warnings/errors, when in reality, they
 are usually not the fault of core WordPress.

 It would be like having a spinner or throbber that uses the WordPress
 symbol (which has been proposed before). It's cool and all, but when the
 Ajax request hangs or takes a while, it's causing them to associate the
 failure with WordPress, when that may not the case. (Preemptively: Yes,
 WP.com does this in some places, but WP.com not always a good example of
 user experience.)

 It's also just not a very big need, especially for the average user who
 will simply see errors and not have a clue what to do about them.
 (Especially errors that point to lines in core that are actually caused by
 a plugin or theme, or similar issues.) It is pretty cool code and would
 make a good plugin (or some of the underlying functionality could be used
 to improve the Debug Bar).

 The notices hiding behind the toolbar have bothered me for a while. I'm
 going to modify the padding.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19196#comment:8>
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