Per Erik M.'s previous post, we're working on a compromise solution
whereby we show a list based on user's most likely language(s), probably
based on browser, and then a "see other languages" link which would
expand to give all the other langauages. We're also looking at changing
the word "Languages" into something that's more descriptive of what the
links actually do.
I've created the following page for more discussion/proposals on the topic:
http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Opinion:_Language_Links
Howie
On 6/3/10 4:41 PM, David Goodman wrote:
It would be nice to actually have a place at the
usability wiki to
discuss this.
My own view is that the actual list of languages was the ideal
interface object in fulfilling many purposes (as discussed in the
posts above) and implying multiple levels of understanding without the
need for explanation or discussion. For example, that it varied
authomatically from article to article showed the overall level of
progress on the multiple projects.
In showing Wikipedia to new users this list was always noticed and
proved a very expressive statement.
The attitude shown by Trevor's reply speaks for itself in terms of the
relationship between the "internal" experts and the community. I
think that it was his wording that induced me to finally post on the
issue.
I fixed it (it's a one-line change), but
Trevor reverted it:
> This goes against an intentional design
> decision. To discuss that decision further and submit proposals to change this
> design please contact Howie Fung<hfung at wikimedia.org> or visit
>
http://usability.wikimedia.org
>