Hi Shivansh, <div>                   </div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Shivansh Srivastava <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:shivansh.bits@gmail.com">shivansh.bits@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div><b>Advantages-</b></div><div><br></div><div>The whole Web page would be compact.</div><div>One wont have to scroll through large paragraphs.</div><div><b>Waiting Time </b>is reduced.</div><div><b>Bandwidth Usage- </b><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since pages do not have to completely reload, it can help in less server bandwidth (helpful for me in my college), and when you are in countries or places that charge for your hosting bandwith, it will be more </span>efficient,<br>


<b>Traffic </b>to and from the server is <b>reduced</b>.<br>Form Validation.<br>User Simplicity.<br>Speed.</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You have proposed a really nice talk regarding the usability. The Wikimedia Foundation has also been considering similar improvements in the UI &amp; UX, checkout <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Usability_Initiative">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Usability_Initiative</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I have also worked on a similar project for MediaWiki this summer &amp; developed an extension <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SignupAPI">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SignupAPI</a></div>
<div>My work involved a lot of jQuery &amp; Ajax stuff, so in case you need any help with that, feel free to contact me directly.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div><b>Disadvantages-</b></div><div><br></div><div>If you press the back button, you may not be able to return in the previous state.</div>

<div>Might be <b>difficult to</b> <b>bookmark </b>a<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px">nd return to that particular state of the application</span></div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px"><br>
</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are ways to get around this problem as well</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</span></div><div><b>2. </b>The second idea was to put <b>JQuery </b>into use.</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>MediaWiki (the software that powers Wikipedia) already has a jQuery library &amp; also the necessary CSS markups to support the specific functionalities for vector theme, you can try downloading a copy of MediaWiki on your local host &amp; play with it, you may also come up with a modified version of the article page which you can showcase in your talk </div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div>I have a few more queries though.</div><div><br></div><div>1. Could someone tell me about Hackathon &amp; what role can I play, depending on my proposal?</div>


<div>2. How do I present my talk (if I am allowed)..like present a modified page with AJAX usage as well?</div><div>3. Could I have a contact no. of someone incharge so that I can speak directly, in case for some minor queries.</div>


<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The conference &amp; hackathon committee will be able to help you a lot with it, in the meantime you can checkout the hackathon page at <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/India_Hackathon_2011">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/India_Hackathon_2011</a> </div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- Thanks &amp; Regards<br>-Akshay Agarwal<br>
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