Hi all,
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:
Pediax also allows geo-browsing, i.e. geo-referenced Wikipedia articles (currently over 50,000) are displayed on a map. It shows the 20 most popular places/articles in the currently selected map area. On moves or zooming of the map area the respective places/articles are updated (more views on the Wikipedia content are currently under development). Currently, everything is still a bit beta ;-) The CSS and JS code might require some more tweaking. However, we are grateful for all hints, feedback and ideas.
--sören
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.
Steve
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.
On 1/15/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
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.
So, how can we have different classes of users, with different levels of tools, without forking? We must have lots of power Wikipedia users, who have to use the same tools as Wikipedia newbies. Can we give them better tools without scaring the newbies?
Steve
On 14/01/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
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.
So, how can we have different classes of users, with different levels of tools, without forking? We must have lots of power Wikipedia users, who have to use the same tools as Wikipedia newbies. Can we give them better tools without scaring the newbies?
I've wondered about this myself.
Popups and so on are a marvel and a wonder, but you need to know about them somehow. Perhaps we could look into integrating them more closely with the preferences settings?