Extension:Gadgets/Roadmap
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Gadgets 2.0
[edit]Somewhere in there is also room for "gadget options" (which Salvatore started with; see phab:T110014). However I haven't been able to get back at that because other projects have a higher priority right now.
- Centralized localisation (MediaWiki:-namespace,
mw.msg(), RL2: Loading of extra messages for gadgets) - No more manual editing of gadgets definition, everything should have its GUI to change the underlying JSON definition
- Gadget JS/CSS should still be stored on wiki pages
- ResourceLoader-V2 plans to create a way for client modules to be registered (T29561?), perhaps via Gadgets (hide modules from view, but usable as a dependency), perhaps via Core (mw.loader.register ? )
- Hidden gadgets
Gadgets 3.0
[edit]- Centralized (global) gadgets repository (on MW.org? Meta-Wiki? on a dedicated wiki?).
- See Requests for comment/Global scripts.
- Projects still may define local gadgets (for example, gadgets related to specific policies/guidelines)
- Customization of gadgets without polluting Special:Preferences
- User-level repositories (replacing core "user scripts" with "user gadgets"). These would not all be promoted directly on Special:Preferences, but instead the gadget preferences page would include gadgets of repos you have trusted. By default that would be the local wiki, a global one (if we get one), and your own user. You could "add" other users or wikis in some way (eg. by adding a JSON url?)
- See User:Krinkle/Gadgets 3.0
- See T36958.
- Present gadget preferences as a browsable offering instead of a flat-list with checkboxes.
- Provide a selection UI with category-based browsing
- Though much simpler, loosely in the direction of Firefox Add-ons and Chrome Web Store.
- Full-text search on repositories.
- See T25359.
- See User:Krinkle/Gadgets 3.0
Done
[edit]Sites may want to enable a global gadget for everyone by default-> T15742 / rev:85902Create ResourceLoader modules on-wiki to be shared between gadgets. Just like gadgets that have their modules, but are not available for people to select explicitly.
See also
[edit]- User:Salvatore Ingala/Notes
- User:Salvatore Ingala/RL2 integration
- User:Krinkle/Gadgets 3.0
- User:Legoktm/Gadgets 2.0 Audit
- Talk:Requests for comment/Redesign user preferences#Gadgets (suggested wireframe and notes)
- Numbers
- m:Gadgets (October 2022 last update)
- en:Wikipedia:Database reports/User preferences#Gadgets (July 2019 last update)
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T21288#240675 (request for detailed numbers)