Talk:Mode (user interface)

message: I'll try to place all content regarding mode errors in the "mode errors" and "criticism" section. This way it won't be disseminated all over the article. Diego Moya (talk) 18:52, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.Diego Moya (talk) 19:23, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mode error section 

message: Several people found an earlier version of this article to be biased against the use of modes. I believe that this perception was caused first because there isn't a developed description of modes and its effects, and the most detailed description is that of mode errors; and second because the content about errors was spread all over the article. Almost all content about mode errors is well referenced, but having it appear in every section gave an overall negative impression.
To address these problems I've concentrated all negative descriptions of modes in the Mode errors and Assessment sections; and I've added an "Expand section" tag to the Examples section. In my opinion this better qualifies the problem with this article than the POV tag. The WP:STRUCTURE section in NPOV policy advises us to keep a neutral presentation, which I think the new article structure achieves.
Several editors have expressed their opinions that modes have some specific benefits in interface design, but have consistently failed to find sources that prove this view, which seems to be based in applications with a good design that also happen to be modal. Without any evidence to support that those advantages are due to modes, and given the lack of articles praising modes in the literature, I claim that this view by those editors is not a relevant one and thus I'm removing the POV tag until proven wrong with reliable sources. Expanding the examples section to describe how modes work, and keeping all information about mode errors together should be enough to address their concerns. Diego Moya (talk) 20:06, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality dispute 

message: I find it ironic that while adding a wiki link for "quasimodes" I ran into one of my most common mode errors: editing a wikipedia page without being logged in.  I typically only notice my mistake when the "This is a minor edit" checkbox doesn't appear, then when I log in I lose my edits.  Argh.  Sorry for venting but the irony was too good to pass up. Atomota (talk) 16:40, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  My most common mode error is with Wikipedia 

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