Topic on Talk:Edit Review Improvements/New filters for edit review

I come accross this thing first time just now at pt.wp, where I’m less active than in Commons (where it is not yet deployed). So I applied a few filters, and then tried to find an "OK" or "submit" button. Turns out there’s none — filter implementations happen on the fly.

This was a feature of the old Special:Watchlist which was changed a few years ago, with the addition of the "show" button, in the box labelled "Watchlist options". Back then a user sort of complained, saying he liked to tick the checkboxes on and off and get immediate results and now, oy vey!, an extra click is needed. This user was severely mocked and shown xkcd 1172 and yet here we are again, back to the old UI paradigm, with changes applied on the fly. (Of course the new UI’s elements are now very huge because reasons.)

@Tuvalkin Do you want to say that again in Portuguese or can you link to these conversations? I'm a bit confused. My apologies.

@MJL: What would you do with a Portuguese text? Your user page states you are only fluent in English…

As for a link to a discussion in Commons I vaguely remember from 3 years ago or so, sorry, it’s unlikely I can remember enough of it to allow a successful search.

I only meant to emphasize the way UI principles keep changing, in this case a whole 360°, and yet every time someone complains those principles are refered to by devs as abolutely enlightened and set in stone.

@Tuvalkin I meant that users who actually do speak it could be assistance.

Ah, gotcha, my apologies for misunderstanding.

Se o meu inglês não te serve, MJL, vai aviar-te a outra loja, que esta agora já fechou.

@Tuvalkin Point taken lol

I'm reacting to the "where it is not yet deployed": the filters are default on all wikis since almost one year. Maybe you've opted the filters out on Commons.

Check on your preferences on the wikis you are active on:

• for RecentChanges, select "Use non-JavaScript interface" in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rc.
• for Watchlist, select "Use non-JavaScript interface" in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-watchlist.

You will get the buttons back.

Thanks, I’ll do the same in pt.wp too.