[Pmwiki-users] Restore feature

Jonathan Scott Duff duff at pobox.com
Thu Nov 14 14:18:29 CST 2002


On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:18:36PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> My current thinking (in response to Scott's message) is that the
> restore links should go either between or after the change boxes,
> to preserve the temporal continuity.  Clicking on a the link that comes
> below a change box would restore the version of the document that existed
> just prior to the change described.  Better?  

Aye.

> What should that link be called?  "Restore" might not be clear enough,
> although I think most users would be able to figure out what is going
> on pretty quickly.  Perhaps the link should say "Recover document at
> this point", or "Restore document version as of 01 Nov 2002 13:47" (ick),
> or just "Recover document" or...?  I'm real open for suggestions here.

um ... 
	Restore
	Recover
	Recover Document
	Roll Back

Restore works though.  Right now it looks like the restoration is
associated with a particular edit rather than being "between" edits.
Moving the link between the boxes helps cognitively.

-Scott
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Jonathan Scott Duff
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