For those participating in the ongoing debate, you may or may not wish to be aware of the relative prominence of the interlanguage links in the new page layout.
You can see the new layout in development at Gwicke's demo wiki at http://wiki.aulinx.de/. (Log in and select the "MonoBook' skin in your preferences if it's not being shown initially.) After continued tweaking of the layout and the rest of the software, this or a close cousin is going to be the standard page layout on Wikipedia; it's been developed in response to longstanding usability problems with the existing skins, and has consistently met with the approval of Wikipedians asked to take a look.
Instead of along the top and bottom (which is ok for a few links but overwhelming as the list grows), they go in the sidebar, following the other functional links. This keeps them accessible but out of the way, and handles a long list less disruptively.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Brion Vibber wrote:
For those participating in the ongoing debate, you may or may not wish to be aware of the relative prominence of the interlanguage links in the new page layout.
Where is that on-going debate? This is the first time I hear of it. It's not even mentioned on [[Wikipedia:Goings-on]].
The inter-language links are fine. I have a number of other gripes with that skin, where do I post them?
Thanks, Timwi
On Apr 6, 2004, at 02:56, Timwi wrote:
Brion Vibber wrote:
For those participating in the ongoing debate, you may or may not wish to be aware of the relative prominence of the interlanguage links in the new page layout.
Where is that on-going debate? This is the first time I hear of it. It's not even mentioned on [[Wikipedia:Goings-on]].
You've posted several times in it; the thread is titled "Languages: crossing a border?" The prominence of language links has been mentioned several times by certain participants in that thread.
The inter-language links are fine. I have a number of other gripes with that skin, where do I post them?
On wiki.aulinx.de, please.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Brion Vibber wrote:
On Apr 6, 2004, at 02:56, Timwi wrote:
Brion Vibber wrote:
For those participating in the ongoing debate, you may or may not wish to be aware of the relative prominence of the interlanguage links in the new page layout.
Where is that on-going debate? This is the first time I hear of it. It's not even mentioned on [[Wikipedia:Goings-on]].
You've posted several times in it; the thread is titled "Languages: crossing a border?"
Oh, *that* debate. Sorry, I thought you meant a debate about the new skin.
The inter-language links are fine. I have a number of other gripes with that skin, where do I post them?
On wiki.aulinx.de, please.
That's a pretty big site. Where exactly?
Timwi
On Apr 7, 2004, at 16:59, Timwi wrote:
The inter-language links are fine. I have a number of other gripes with that skin, where do I post them?
On wiki.aulinx.de, please.
That's a pretty big site. Where exactly?
Big link at the top of the page, " Screenshots and Browser status, add your comments here". If you've got problems, that's the place.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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