Change Details

This is currently a list of proposed changes to the structured discussions tool known as "Flow" to be done in FY2017–18 based on [[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Collaboration/Flow_satisfaction_survey/Report|feedback]] and on-going architectural and other technical issues. They are **not yet prioritised or scoped**. Once that's done, we'll turn them into subsidiary tasks of this. If some improvements are done to fit demands expressed by users concerning History pages, Search on Boards, and Design, * **Search integration** – Discussion content isn't indexed into the on-wiki search engine. (T62493) * **Search on-page**. (T106767) * **Filter topics on-page** (T76823) ** "don't show me topics I created" (T138807) ** "don't show me discussions marked as Resolved" (which should be default, //no task yet//) * **Move topics** from one board to another (T92907) * Be able to **redirect** Flow boards (T135538) * **Human-readable topic URLs** (T59154) * **Categorise topics on-page** (T167979) (clarify what this is referring to, linked task is a tracking ticket) * **Threading** based on user selection rather than hard-coded into the data structure. (T105438 and T108998) * **Modernise the interface**, killing off the HTML template-based code and the occasional semi-fixed-width crap. (T155237 and no-doubt others) * **Moderation and history** (T85540) ** **History** integration is currently poor in consistency with everything else (T85563) ** Recentchanges integration is also lacking (e.g. T132027) ** **Lack of moderation/protection tools** (T73456, T113902, T94779) (there are more moderation, should probably be a moderation tracking task) ** Relative timestamp issues (T111596) * //Other design improvements// (T100269, T90280, T132817, T165471 and no doubt others) * **Toolbars** (T19653) * **Rename** the software to something more accurate, and un-squat the "Flow" term for some future thing that actually does support workflows. (//no task yet//) * **Messages rendering** for consistency ** **Store content as wikitext**, not HTML. (T106687, T95497) ** //Other rendering stuff.// (T59159) * Better dumps support. (//no task yet//) (there is in-progress work with specific tasks, e.g. {T164262}, but what is this referring to?) * //Other backend stuff.// (T85260, T118024, T89426, and no doubt others) * //Other database stuff.// (//no task yet//) * **Activity** ** Let users view all their Flow activity in one place (T100858) ** Notifications (T100528)

This is currently a list of proposed changes to the structured discussions tool known as "Flow" to be done in FY2017–18 based on [[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Collaboration/Flow_satisfaction_survey/Report|feedback]] and on-going architectural and other technical issues. They are **not yet prioritised or scoped**. Once that's done, we'll turn them into subsidiary tasks of this. If some improvements are done to fit demands expressed by users concerning History pages, Search on Boards, and Design, * **Search integration** – Discussion content isn't indexed into the on-wiki search engine. (T62493) * **Search on-page**. (T106767) * **Filter topics on-page** (T76823) ** "don't show me topics I created" (T138807) ** "don't show me discussions marked as Resolved" (which should be default, //no task yet//) * **Move topics** from one board to another (T92907) * Be able to **redirect** Flow boards (T135538) * **Human-readable topic URLs** (T59154) * **Categorise topics on-page** (T167979) (clarify what this is referring to, linked task is a tracking ticket) * **Threading** based on user selection rather than hard-coded into the data structure. (T105438 and T108998) * **Modernise the interface**, killing off the HTML template-based code and the occasional semi-fixed-width crap. (T155237 and no-doubt others) * **Moderation and history** (T85540) ** **History** integration is currently poor in consistency with everything else (T85563) ** Recentchanges integration is also lacking (e.g. T132027) ** **Lack of moderation/protection tools** (T73456, T113902, T94779) (there are more moderation, should probably be a moderation tracking task) ** Relative timestamp issues (T111596) * //Other design improvements// (T100269, T90280, T132817, T165471 and no doubt others) * **Toolbars** (T19653) * **Rename** the software to something more accurate, and un-squat the "Flow" term for some future thing that actually does support workflows. (//no task yet//) * **Messages rendering** for consistency ** **Store content as wikitext**, not HTML. (T106687, T95497) ** //Other rendering stuff.// (T59159) * Better dumps support. (//no task yet//) (there is in-progress work with specific tasks, e.g. {T164262}, but what is this referring to?) * //Other backend stuff.// (T85260, T118024, T89426, and no doubt others) * //Other database stuff.// (//no task yet//) * **Activity** ** Let users view all their Flow activity in one place (T100858) ** Notifications (T100528) * **Tech debt** (e.g. T170330, and many others)

This is currently a list of proposed changes to the structured discussions tool known as "Flow" to be done in FY2017–18 based on [[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Collaboration/Flow_satisfaction_survey/Report|feedback]] and on-going architectural and other technical issues. They are **not yet prioritised or scoped**. Once that's done, we'll turn them into subsidiary tasks of this. If some improvements are done to fit demands expressed by users concerning History pages, Search on Boards, and Design, * **Search integration** – Discussion content isn't indexed into the on-wiki search engine. (T62493) * **Search on-page**. (T106767) * **Filter topics on-page** (T76823) ** "don't show me topics I created" (T138807) ** "don't show me discussions marked as Resolved" (which should be default, //no task yet//) * **Move topics** from one board to another (T92907) * Be able to **redirect** Flow boards (T135538) * **Human-readable topic URLs** (T59154) * **Categorise topics on-page** (T167979) (clarify what this is referring to, linked task is a tracking ticket) * **Threading** based on user selection rather than hard-coded into the data structure. (T105438 and T108998) * **Modernise the interface**, killing off the HTML template-based code and the occasional semi-fixed-width crap. (T155237 and no-doubt others) * **Moderation and history** (T85540) ** **History** integration is currently poor in consistency with everything else (T85563) ** Recentchanges integration is also lacking (e.g. T132027) ** **Lack of moderation/protection tools** (T73456, T113902, T94779) (there are more moderation, should probably be a moderation tracking task) ** Relative timestamp issues (T111596) * //Other design improvements// (T100269, T90280, T132817, T165471 and no doubt others) * **Toolbars** (T19653) * **Rename** the software to something more accurate, and un-squat the "Flow" term for some future thing that actually does support workflows. (//no task yet//) * **Messages rendering** for consistency ** **Store content as wikitext**, not HTML. (T106687, T95497) ** //Other rendering stuff.// (T59159) * Better dumps support. (//no task yet//) (there is in-progress work with specific tasks, e.g. {T164262}, but what is this referring to?) * //Other backend stuff.// (T85260, T118024, T89426, and no doubt others) * //Other database stuff.// (//no task yet//) * **Activity** ** Let users view all their Flow activity in one place (T100858) ** Notifications (T100528) * **Tech debt** (e.g. T170330, and many others)