Update the version history page

  • Yes, time zones have been an issue on ROBLOX for a while – would be nice if that was improved.
  • Instead of 58(56), maybe instead we could make the default “note” for revertions i.e. “Reverted to version 56”?
  • Upload notes may also tie in better with this feature request.
  • Downloading would be tremendously useful as well since most of the time I just want to retrieve a resource from a previous version or check to see what the contents are instead rather than reverting to a previous verison and starting from scratch.

It’s not a quick job actually. Even seemingly small tasks can be non-trivial to implement – underscores in usernames took 5 months to implement from when they were announced, not counting internal discussion beforehand. For instance, does the request for update notes sufficiently satisfy the problem, or is there an even more obscure underlying issue, or perhaps a better way to go about solving it? What potential side effects will these have (e.g. will uses still not trust timestamps even if they’re local?).

These have to spend a ton of time in design to make sure they don’t have unintended side effects and solve the problem adequately so we don’t have another feature request for the same issue a few months from now. This is why you haven’t seen any quick patches on old pages unless they were super critical – ROBLOX waits to make changes when they overhaul the page (which will eventually happen here) where they can analyze the big picture.

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