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missing wiki pages redirect unauthenticated users to front page
html reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element
61 votesunder review ·AdminJanet Swisher (Technical Writer/Community Organizer, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
Need to investigate whether DekiWiki supports any other behavior.
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MDN Documentation available for offline reading
Would be great if MDN Documentation can be read offline as pdf's, iTunes U or iBooks on smart devices or desktop.
44 votesplanned ·
AdminJay Patel
(Product Manager, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
We will have some sort of download feature in MDN 2.0 (via the Kuma project)
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L10n dashboard like Firefox Support site
Firefox support (SUMO) site have L10N Dashboard page:
https://support.mozilla.com/ja/kb/Localization+Dashboard
with this page we can know which page should be translated according to the page view. This is important guide line for translators.
MDN should have same feature.36 votesplanned ·AdminJanet Swisher (Technical Writer/Community Organizer, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
This feature is on the roadmap of enhancements to the site. However, it will probably not be available for 6 months or so.
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Downloadable snapshot (zip archive) of some section like xul ref.
MDN have many essential documents but we cannot see it offline, cannot search locally, cannot develop without network.
As Javadoc etc, MDN should prepare downloadable weekly (or monthly) snapshot zip archive of some section like xul ref/tutorial, js ref/guide, dom ref ... etc.
# actually, migration of xul ref/tutorial from xulplanet to MDN(MDC) was regression about thisI believe it will not only solve offline development problem, but also reduce daily traffic to MDN.
32 votesunder review ·AdminJanet Swisher (Technical Writer/Community Organizer, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
This is on our long-term feature roadmap for MDN.
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Fix the redirects.
When I try to access html reference for an element, say select, it just redirects to the main page again. Very frustrating!
29 votesunder review ·AdminJanet Swisher (Technical Writer/Community Organizer, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
Need to investigate if there’s another way for DekiWiki to behave for nonexistent pages.
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Get rid of HTTPS when connectiong to MDN
HTTPS slows down access to MDN content for now good reason.
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Link to cross-browser documentation wikis.
I was referred here by a webmaster to suggest that the Developer Network include links to wikis about cross-browser client-side technologies and best-practices. Specifically, I'm representing The HTML & CSS Wiki and the JavaScript Wiki, but if Mozilla were to determine that other wiki(s) are more appropriate I expect we would migrate our content there. The URLs are:
19 votesunder review ·
AdminJay Patel
(Product Manager, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
We are actually working to make docs on MDN more cross-browser in general and will find other opportunities to share other useful wikis through programs and content like the new MDN Learning pages.
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cross browser support matrix
For cross browser support matrices we currently have http://www.quirksmode.org/ as the definitive resource. The problem is that it's not a wiki and has some gaps in it.
Since MDN is becoming a great resource for HTML/CSS/JS/DOM documentation it would be great if each page had a cross browser support matrix.
This doesn't need to be done by mozilla, it can be a community effort. But it would be nice if you can set up some standardized space on pages and a standardized layout for the cross browser support information.
Then the community can fill out all the data as soon… more
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14 votesunder review ·
AdminJanet Swisher (Technical Writer/Community Organizer, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
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12 votes
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add advanced search
to selectively enable/disable the {embedding api / css api / javascript} search results.
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fix the broken link from decodeURI to decodeURIComponent (and possibly others).
And if you have to create 404 errors, at least make it a proper 404 instead of redirecting me to the front page. Consider me disappointed, Mozilla.
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10 votes
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Search should have filters for language (e.g. English-only pages) & official Moz. manual pages only.
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Why is the language always French? How can I set it to stay on English?
Whenever I visit developer.mozilla.org it always default to the French language version of the site, and I have to manually switch to English. What is the trigger and how can I get it stay on English?
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open up and promote mindtouch API interface! https://developer.mozilla.org/@api/deki/
It would be so great to a lot of us who want to do washups with mdn knowladge base to have access and documentation for mindtouch API interface, MDN wiki engine.
For example, sites like http://instacss.com (https://github.com/rgarcia/instacss) would't need to scrap mdn anymore!9 votes -
fix the Edit Account Settings page/process
I get the error feedback "The current password you entered is incorrect." but I just logged in with that password! And when I log out and in again, it works fine.
I wanna change my e-mail address and it won't let me!9 votesstarted ·AdminJanet Swisher (Technical Writer/Community Organizer, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
Submitted a bug for this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=608068
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Add OpenID registration/login option to MDN
It's faster to use OpenID when login/account creating on Mozilla Developer Network. Also integrate BrowserID with MDN.
Thanks
7 votesunder review ·AdminJanet Swisher (Technical Writer/Community Organizer, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
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6 votesunder review ·
AdminJohn Karahalis
(Admin, Mozilla Developer Network) responded
Hi Andy. Do you think the new home page is better in this regard?
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try to set a new password in the User Control Panel
When I try to change my password using the MDN User Control Panel > Profile > Edit account settings, I am told that "The current password you entered is incorrect.". I am able to change my email address on this form, using the same current password, but I cannot get it to accept a new password. I think it needs fixing.
6 votes