I made a post several months ago about an diffing zippy files on the web. While that stuff landed, it was difficult to use because I deferred actually showing what files changed to a later date. oops
Well, that made it nearly useless, because it was less effort to download each xpi file and do a diff locally.
Well, I’m glad to say that I’ve right a worlds wrong. Some stuff I was working on finally landed recently (can’t remember when. But it wasn’t working two days ago. So somewhere between Monday and today). So you may notice a few changes.
The first being the side panel that shows all the files. Any files that were modified appear italicized. Which is a bit subtle, but is the only indication I could give that wouldn’t make it stick out like a bad rash, or a honda element. Suggestions welcome.
Side Panel
So this pretty much completes what was started. Only some minor improvements were made since the last post. Including a wikipedia colour style diff :
Full screen view
I hope that this will be useful to AMO editors and help speed up the reviews. Which is in much better shape than they were two months ago.
October 10th, 2008 at 08:51
Instead of italics, maybe try something like a little “updated” or “new” word next to the file. Kind of like google does here with “New!” and “Extended!” for these api functions.
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/
October 10th, 2008 at 08:52
Also, this is amazing! It is a huge step forward for the editor community. Great work!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:11
Looks great! And the honda element was good for a laugh.
Thank you.
October 10th, 2008 at 21:35
Wow. The Honda Element is hideous to say the least.
Also, I am excited about the feature. It rocks!
October 13th, 2008 at 08:28
Thanks for the work Cesar, it has certainly sped up my reviews.