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My first reaction was 'huh? Why would I care if Sally is also viewing this page?' Looking at what it says on your website, it's clearer: what you really care a
by rwallace 11y ago
My first reaction was 'huh? Why would I care if Sally is also viewing this page?'
Looking at what it says on your website, it's clearer: what you really care about is if Sally is also editing, not viewing. That does solve a problem (short of having proper version control; non-programmers aren't going to learn to use Git).
So the terminology needs to be fixed. But does it actually show editing, not viewing?
- paulrosenzweig 11y agoIf someone is viewing an edit page but hasn't changed anything yet, are they viewing or editing? I'm not really sure. But, you make a good point that editing is the important action. Though I guess this is really just about the default text. It's very easy to customize the banners to say "Sally is also editing this page.".
- kozak 11y agoSure you can change the text, but from sales perspective you'd better put more emphasis on "editing" rather than "viewing".
- paulrosenzweig 11y agoOh I see what you're saying. Also Viewing was actually called "Edit Guard" originally. I'll figure out how to tweak the copy. Thanks for you thoughts!