[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23497: Revisions Rewrite using JS/Backbone

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#23497: Revisions Rewrite using JS/Backbone
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 Reporter:  adamsilverstein            |       Owner:  westi
     Type:  enhancement                |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Revisions                  |     Version:  3.5.1
 Severity:  normal                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-testing  |
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Comment (by bpetty):

 I understand what @helen was trying to explain, but I think she didn't
 realize that the compare page could open the "compare two revisions" mode
 with the current version against the revision selected by default (where
 applicable), and that's really what she may have meant (maybe you didn't
 even have that functionality finished yet at the time?).

 If the slider only allows selection of one revision, the changes in just
 that revision are what the user wants to see. If the slider allows
 selection of two revisions, then we compare the range of changes. As far
 as the actual UI control logic, that seems entirely clear.

 What you have in trunk right now is two different modes where the
 functionality of one of them (the single revision selection) is already
 covered by the second mode, and so now it doesn't really provide any
 advantage over the "compare two revisions" mode. And in the process of
 doing this, it's now also not possible to easily browse single revision
 changes. The two modes are there to complement each other with
 functionality the other mode doesn't provide, right? Otherwise there's not
 much point in even having the second mode.

 @helen, it would be helpful to see the report of the actual survey
 mentioned, it might help give us some insight into what you mean.

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