[wp-hackers] "The Matrix Has You" easter egg

[Alex Andrews]

Get rid of it. Easter eggs are clever things which require user effort
to find and shouldn't interrupt normal functionality. Comparing a
revision with itself is time for an error message, not an Easter Egg
as comparison is a usual user operation. By all means, throw in an
easter egg when the user types certain key strokes, go nuts - but this
isn't the place.

Alex

On 22 October 2010 16:43, Arlen Beiler <arlenbee at gmail.com> wrote:
> In my opinion, something like this should not be in the admin panel. Like
> you said, it would create too much confusion and needless fumbling.
> WordPress is supposed to be simple, not complicated.
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Gavin Pearce <Gavin.Pearce at 3seven9.com>wrote:
>
>> Or, another option in the Admin Console (though you risk the chance of
>> the end-user, switching them on, and wondering why it doesn't do
>> anything) ...
>>
>> G
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Arlen
>> Beiler
>> Sent: 22 October 2010 16:37
>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] "The Matrix Has You" easter egg
>>
>> And that could be put in a plugin or wp-config.php according to
>> webmaster
>> preference.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Arlen Beiler <arlenbee at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Another way to do it, perhaps a better way, would be to have an easter
>> egg
>> > array that could be set on init.
>> >
>> > $eastereggs = array(
>> > 'revself' => true,
>> > 'wordpress' => true
>> > )
>> >
>> > add_action('init','seteastereggs',0);
>> > Function seteastereggs(){
>> > $eastereggs['revself'] = false;
>> > }
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'd like to see a more fleshed-out example of how that would work,
>> but it
>> >> makes logical sense so far :-)
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Arlen Beiler <arlenbee at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >   - off
>> >> >   - on
>> >> >   - custom
>> >> >   - file
>> >> >
>> >> > How is that? For custom, we would then use an array, or whatever it
>> is
>> >> that
>> >> > would be in eastereggs.php, since some people probably want
>> everything
>> >> in
>> >> > one file. For file, it would read eastereggs.php.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > +1 For a setting in wp-config.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > define( 'EASTEREGGS', 'off' );
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Then maybe an "eastereggs.php" file we can drop in that defined
>> which
>> >> > ones
>> >> > > we turn off.  That way it's not a wholesale all-off or all-on,
>> but
>> >> sites
>> >> > > could pick and choose which ones they want to enable (for
>> example, on
>> >> > some
>> >> > > sites I'd definitely want the capital P feature but not the post
>> >> revision
>> >> > > comparison message ... on others I might want to remove both ...
>> on
>> >> > others
>> >> > > I
>> >> > > might want to keep both and remove something else).
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Arlen Beiler
>> <arlenbee at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > > How many easter eggs are there. And I would recommend a setting
>> in
>> >> > > > wp-config.php, rather than a plugin.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Austin Matzko <
>> >> austin at ilfilosofo.com
>> >> > > > >wrote:
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me>
>> wrote:
>> >> > > > > > As entertaining as the feature might be ... is there any
>> way I
>> >> can
>> >> > > turn
>> >> > > > > it
>> >> > > > > > off on a client site?
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > > > I proposed a patch here to allow it to be turned off by
>> filter,
>> >> but
>> >> > > > > the ticket never went anywhere:
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > > > <
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/12816/easter-egg-revisi
>> ons-filter.12816.2.diff
>> >> > > > > >
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