[Phpmyadmin-devel] Is vertical mode useful?

[Tyron Madlener]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Michal Čihař <michal at cihar.com> wrote:
> 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.

What about putting a (bi-)weekly poll on the phpmyadmin website for a
quick survey like this?

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