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

Sat Oct 23 03:39:48 UTC 2010

Actually if you ask me comparing a revision to itself should never be
allowed to happen in the first place, unless you want to make a easter egg.
I can see both sides and I don't think it needs to be removed.  I can
defiantly understand some non-technical types being confused by this
particular easter egg or even perhaps thinking their site is being hacked.
But the way I see it, and I said this in that ticket someone linked to as
well.

If you don't like the easter egg use javascript to prevent both radio
buttons for any given revision from being selected at the same time.
Problem solved.

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Alex Andrews <awgandrews at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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-----
> >> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> >> [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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