Extension:Gadgets/Roadmap

Gadgets 2.0

Somewhere in there is also room for "gadget options" (which Salvatore started with). However I haven't been able to get back at that because other projects have a higher priority right now.

• Centralized (global) gadgets repository (on MW.org ? Meta-Wiki? on a dedicated wiki?). See Requests for comment/Global scripts.
• Projects still may define local gadgets (for example, gadgets related to specific policies/guidelines)
• Centralized localisation (MediaWiki:-namespace, mw.msg(), RL2: Loading of extra messages for gadgets)
• No more manual editing of gadgets definition, everything should have its GUI to change the underlying JSON definition
• Gadget JS/CSS should still be stored on wiki pages
• ResourceLoader-V2 plans to create a way for client modules to be registered (bug 27561?), perhaps via Gadgets (hide modules from view, but usable as a dependency), perhaps via Core (mw.loader.register ? )
• Hidden gadgets
• Customization of gadgets without polluting Special:Preferences

Gadgets 3.0

• User level repositories (replacing core "user scripts" with "user gadgets"), instead of using Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets, allowing users without sysop rights to create their own gadgets (visible only to them)
• Instead of scaring people with a huge list, provide a selection UI with category-based browsing
  • Though much simpler, loosely in the direction of Firefox Add-ons and Chrome Web Store.
• Full-text search on repositories

Done

• Sites may want to enable a global gadget for everyone by default -> bug 13742 / rev:85902
• Create ResourceLoader modules on-wiki to be shared between gadgets. Just like gadgets that have their modules, but are not available for people to select explicitly.

See also

• Gadget Studio
• User:Salvatore Ingala/Notes
• User:Salvatore Ingala/RL2 integration