- From: olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:02:42 +0900
- To: WWW-Validator Community <www-validator@w3.org>
- Cc: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
On Jul 15, 2005, at 1:52, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > * Philip TAYLOR wrote: >> The little envelope icon (which only manifested >> itself when I composed this message) is so small >> on the original screen that any chance of feedback >> arriving via that route must be /vanishingly/ small ... > > That's intentional... I agree it *was* intentional... When the "error message feedback" mailto: link was first added as a way to get users to participate to the improvement of error message explanations, the signal/noise ratio on the list plummeted with a flood of empty or awfully worded calls for help, and making the icon (actually not an icon, but a character) smaller was a "quick" fix to limit the damage while we would work on better feedback channels than a mere "mailto:" link. We have made this work, and the feedback improvements are actually one of the major changes in 0.7.0. The "envelope" now links to e.g: http://validator.w3.org:8001/feedback.html?uri=data%3Atext%2Fhtml%2C; errmsg_id=47#errormsg with pre-filled search queries, instructions etc. It won't miraculously kill all noisy feedback, but as a filtering mechanism, it's hopefully much better. I suggest making the "envelope" normal sized again. Any thought? -- olivier
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