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Key: MBS-2250
Type: Improvement Improvement
Status: Open Open
Priority: Normal Normal
Assignee: Unassigned
Reporter: Philip Jägenstedt
Votes: 2
Watchers: 2
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Cancelling a merge should redirect more intelligently

Created: 23/May/11 06:35 PM   Updated: 10/Sep/12 11:35 AM  Due: 04/Sep/13
Component/s: Edit system, User interface
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Within 12 months

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Canceling any edit (like a merge edit) redirects to http://musicbrainz.org/. I have 2 problems with this:

1. After the redirect, navigating back in history 1 step (to /release/merge or some such) immediately redirects back to where you came from. This is frustrating because you have to manually navigate 2 steps back to get to where you were. Is it because some non-HTTP redirect?

2. I would much prefer if the redirect wasn't to http://musicbrainz.org/ to begin with. If the canceled edit was a merge between releases or recordings, redirect to the common release, release group or artist, in that order of priority. Only there is no sane "common denominator" redirect to http://musicbrainz.org/



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Oliver Charles added a comment - 23/May/11 06:49 PM

Ah, you mean cancelling the edit confirmation page, not the edit itself. Merge's are the only forms at the moment that have a cancel button.


Philip Jägenstedt added a comment - 23/May/11 07:26 PM

Yes, sorry about the terminology.


Benji99 added a comment - 13/Jun/11 05:03 PM

I agree this is a problem, it should redirect to the page you were at before clicking on the merge works button.


Paul Taylor added a comment - 14/Sep/11 09:30 AM

Personally I would classify this is a bug, cancel button should always take you back to where you were previously.


Oliver Charles added a comment - 14/Sep/11 10:33 AM

Understood, but at the moment I'm trying to get my filters to help me really focus on things were stuff is actually broken. While it's confusing what happens at the moment, nothing is particularly broken, per se.