On 14/01/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/14/07, Sören Auer soeren@pediax.org wrote:
we thought it could be useful to experiment a bit with new technologies (AJAX, knowledge extraction from WP etc.). Result is a user interface for Wikipedia, which is largely based on AJAX, thus enabling previews of images or referenced articles without reloading the current Wikipedia page. Its called Pediax and accessible at:
There are some good ideas there. In particular, I really like how when you hover over a link, you get the first paragraph or so from that link presented as a tooltip. Wikipedia could do with that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups
I suspect using even a limited version of it as a default would terrify our readers, but it's a wonderful tool if you want to use it willingly.