On 5/21/07, P. Birken <pbirken(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Furthermore, there is one question left: If we do not
provide a
prominent textbox telling people all the stuff (which I like very
much), the potential for confusion if the default version is not the
current one is increased. In particular, as the edit button is hidden,
large parts of the wiki might look uneditable to IP users. How do we
solve this?
One could implement a relatively simple UI control to set the "default
view" to be either the latest version, latest sighted version, latest
reviewed version, etc. IMHO this control should be always visible, and
the default should _not_ be different for registered & unregistered
users.
I would suggest something roughly like:
My preferred view: [ ^ Most recent revision ]
Last sighted revision
Last accurate revision
...
That way, both readers and editors could choose the setting they
prefer. This would require storing the preference in a cookie for
readers, but that shouldn't be a big deal (we already do this for
table of contents collapse/expand preferences).
The "default view" is a very important concept and I do not really
think we can or should simplify it behind an icon.
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Peace & Love,
Erik
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