http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2009/08/visual-browser-for-wikipedia-indywik...
It's written in Python, works well on Linux. There's a Windows version I haven't tried.
It shows the first coupla paragraphs of an article, with pictures. Don't look up "goatse".
- d.
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:09 AM, David Gerarddgerard@gmail.com wrote:
It shows the first coupla paragraphs of an article, with pictures.
Why only the "first coupla"?
I do like: - the separation of links out on the right hand side (our "don't repeat links" policy is pretty annoying at times) - the static contents on the left (our placement of the contents after the first section causes havoc with layout, and is inconvenient to use)
I don't get why there is any need for a dedicated Wikipedia browser. All we need is better skins, or possibly a better (web-side) interface. There have been a couple of attempts at dedicated browsers, but do any of them do anything that the right AJAX-y web client couldn't?
Steve
2009/8/17 Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com:
I don't get why there is any need for a dedicated Wikipedia browser. All we need is better skins, or possibly a better (web-side) interface. There have been a couple of attempts at dedicated browsers, but do any of them do anything that the right AJAX-y web client couldn't?
Presumably because the guy could, and felt like it :-)
AJAX requires server coding as well.
I thought it was an interesting presentation of Wikipedia information. This sort of thing is always worth a look, for ideas even if not for daily use.
- d.
I don't get why there is any need for a dedicated Wikipedia browser.
I agree. For one thing, there's the issue of making it accessible to Mac, Windows, and Linux.
But yeah, it's good for inspiration.
Emily On Aug 16, 2009, at 10:32 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:09 AM, David Gerarddgerard@gmail.com wrote:
It shows the first coupla paragraphs of an article, with pictures.
Why only the "first coupla"?
I do like:
- the separation of links out on the right hand side (our "don't
repeat links" policy is pretty annoying at times)
- the static contents on the left (our placement of the contents after
the first section causes havoc with layout, and is inconvenient to use)
I don't get why there is any need for a dedicated Wikipedia browser. All we need is better skins, or possibly a better (web-side) interface. There have been a couple of attempts at dedicated browsers, but do any of them do anything that the right AJAX-y web client couldn't?
Steve
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Emily Monroebluecaliocean@me.com wrote:
I don't get why there is any need for a dedicated Wikipedia browser.
I agree. For one thing, there's the issue of making it accessible to Mac, Windows, and Linux.
But yeah, it's good for inspiration.
Yeah, so it's basically a quick way to do a mock-up of some functionality that would eventually need server side coding etc.
Steve