User blog:Anon3610/Tabber Update

I'm sure most of you have noticed bugs, glitches, or inconsistencies with tabbers. Unrelated, yesterday I emailed the Wiki Staff in regards to the tabview on my user page not displaying any content.

In response, he discussed a few key points.


 * MediaWiki:Common.js contained unnecessary tabber JS that could cause the tabs to misbehave. A colleague of his has cleaned that up. This colleauge's edit summary has described the tabber code they removed as "archaic" meaning "very old or old-fashioned", so I'm assuming there are new standards in place (unless "archaic" means something completely different in programming).


 * The page caches needed updating to make the tabber content show up - he has done this, and the content now displays as expected (I'm almost positive this is addressing my personal pages, not the entirety of the Wiki).


 * They are aware that tabbers within tabview aren't properly showing their tabs - however, this aspect should be fixed after this Thursday's site update.

I noticed tabbers disappearing before I contacted Staff, but I've also noticed rather consistent tabber disappearances after his response as well. I have no idea if any of this is related or if these acts are the cause of what we are seeing, but it is beneficial for everyone, especially admins, to be informed that this has taken place.

On a more positive note, I love our new homepage. Fantastic job, Evelyn. :P