Updates to Revision History tools

10/29/2015 at 1:29 PM

Today we've released a few enhancements to our revision history tools. If you've ever clicked the "history" link above a profile biography or project description, you probably saw that there's a lot of functionality there but it can be difficult to use. Today's release includes the following enhancements:

1. The "Next Page" / "Previous Page" links have been replaced by a "More" button, to make it easier to compare revisions that previously appeared on different pages.

2. The pop-up box is handy to get a quick look but the scrolling viewport makes it difficult to examine large changes or changes across many revisions. We've added a "pop-out" icon at the top right of this pop-up box, that opens the same view in its own page.

3. The next/previous links have been swapped so that timestamps increase as the text proceeds to the right.

4. The "back to revisions list" link no longer resets the revisions list -- it will now go back to the list exactly as you left it before selecting the "compare" or "show" action.

5. Cosmetic improvements.

10/29/2015 at 2:28 PM

Thanks Mike Stangel.

Pam Karp C

10/29/2015 at 3:28 PM

Thank you Mike Stangel

Private User

10/29/2015 at 10:39 PM

Well, I usually hate "more" links, because they make you loose focus on what was the last thing you read, and I really miss in general the paged revisions where you could jump to a specific page if the revisions you are looking for on a user is for some time back.

Jason Scott Wills C

10/29/2015 at 11:23 PM

just tried reverting a revision made by a user. couldn't

10/30/2015 at 11:10 AM

Private User the old interface never let you jump to a specific page, just forward/back one. I'll make a note to see if we can add some timestamp filtering to it.

Jason Scott Wills did you get an error message, or it just didn't work? Since the release did you revert any successfully? Send me the specifics and I'll find out what's going on.

Jason Scott Wills C

10/30/2015 at 11:25 AM

None sucessfully. Going to the revisions tab then view revisions then go to click the previous version doesnt highlight the value when i click it

10/30/2015 at 11:28 AM

Mike Stangel cannot revert to original values (2011) for this Nathaniel Ellyson by any technique. Highlights, but does not save.

10/30/2015 at 11:33 AM

I have never gotten it to work when selecting all of the original values. I have found that it only works when you select only what clearly needs to be changed.

Kevin

Private User

10/30/2015 at 11:37 AM

Mike Stangel, - you could in the most important revisions only available for curators, "View Revisions" on a user profile.
I used to open five pages at the time in separate tabs to systematically check and repair vandalism.
Today I just give up because "more" just add to the current displayed list, displayed in a small window making you to both loose focus and problems with navigating when too big.

10/30/2015 at 12:02 PM

Kevin - it has "always" worked for me before. I select all values in the pink highlighted column from the check mark, save, close. Does not select. Does not save. This is new behavior.

10/30/2015 at 1:35 PM

Erica Howton,

It clearly isn't working.

Private User

10/30/2015 at 2:18 PM

I can confirm that restoring revisions are not working. We just found a lot of profiles deleted or names erased by Private User, but none of them can be reverted,

10/30/2015 at 4:35 PM

We've just released what I hope is the fix - let me know.

10/30/2015 at 4:51 PM

Mike Stangel,

Now the values are not even a link to click. Nothing is working.

10/30/2015 at 4:56 PM

No joy, Mike.

Harald Tveit Alvestrand C

10/31/2015 at 8:21 AM

Can you give me the details on what you're trying? Which profile, what are you clicking, etc. Thanks.

10/31/2015 at 1:29 PM

[54] the Javascript console in Chrome tells me "Uncaught ReferenceError: revision is not defined" when I try to show a comparision. None of the cells are selectable.

Ole Karlsen Bækken

Private User

10/31/2015 at 1:43 PM

That revision does also show another error: before/after revision on dates seem to be constructed.

11/2/2015 at 10:12 AM

I'm not seeing what you're seeing. Please tell me exactly what you're clicking on.

11/2/2015 at 10:25 AM

Ole Karlsen Bækken

- Revisions tab
- - (No Name)'s profile was updated by Anna Lovinda. birth, burial, death and 4 others Jan 11, 2014 at 1:36 PM · view
- view > (furthest right, column in pink) > (check mark at top of column)
- Highlights as yellow: use selected values (wait)

Seems to work now. Did not when I tried yesterday on 31 Oct

11/2/2015 at 10:37 AM

I see the problem now, on that No Name profile. Working on it...