[Phpmyadmin-devel] Is vertical mode useful?

[Aris Feryanto]

On 21 Jun 2011, at 20:46, Rouslan Placella <rouslan at placella.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 19:04 +0530, Madhura Jayaratne wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Isaac Bennetch <bennetch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 6/21/2011 9:16 AM, Marc Delisle wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I know that vertical mode has been available for ages in phpMyAdmin but
>>>> I'm wondering if it's useful.
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe this could be asked in the user survey but I would like opinions
>>>> from this list, soon.
>>>> 
>>>> The reason is that supporting this mode for all new features increases
>>>> code complexity; I am in favor of removing this feature.
>>> 
>>> For what it's worth, I've never used it, have never spoken to anyone who
>>> mentioned using it (certainly no one in IRC has sought help with it to
>>> my recollection), and a quick search on Google doesn't find any
>>> interesting results about switching to vertical mode (mostly
>>> documentation and developer notes).
>>> 
>>> Can't agree more.
>> I feel that it's not worth maintaining the functionality, considering the
>> complexity it adds to the code.
>> I am also in favor of removing it.
>> 
> 
> +1. The only time I used it was when implementing a feature request.
> 

I also agree. Future development regarding tables will also be easier then.


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Aris Feryanto