[Phpmyadmin-devel] Is vertical mode useful?

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:06:08 +0200
Tyron Madlener <tyronx at gmail.com> napsal(a):

> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know that vertical mode has been available for ages in phpMyAdmin but
> > I'm wondering if it's useful.
> 
> How did it get there in the first place?

I think it's there from very ancient times :-). Actually Marc has
committed this in 2001.

> I'd also suggest to make some sort of survey about this before
> removing it. As for me, I have never used it either, but I could
> imagine it would be useful for tables with *lots* of columns.
> It is indeed questionable whether it pays off to have vertical mode
> for the price of increased code complexity.

I think it can be added to list of features we ask whether people
know/use in the survey. But it would postpone removal for quite a long
time.

-- 
	Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
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