Erik Moeller wrote:
> Regarding the skins, I think Cologne Blue *could* become the standard with
> some design fixes, but we should stick with Standard for now.
IMO Colonge Blue is nearly as bad as Nostalgia as far as usability is
concerned. The emphasis of that design seems to be concentrated on making
things look pretty and not on making things easy to use or find.
It would probably be better to just add a bit of color to our logo and the
Standard Header.
> Underlining:
>
> Users who like their links underlined can still turn on this option, but
> extrapolating from the above, I would guess that non-underlined links are
> more popular. Note that we are a very link-heavy page, so the high amount
> of underlining on a page can get quite distracting. Links are reasonably
> easy to distinguish from normal text when non-underlined.
I agree. At one time underlining was the standard way to mark hyperlinks but
most websites don't do this anymore. One of the first settings I changed was
this one (IMO all the hyperlink underlining is really really ugly ; right
along with the even older web "standard" of having all non-bgcolor filled
backgrounds display as gray).
> Remember password:
>
> This option needs to be distinguished from underlining, as it can also be
> accessed on the login screen, not just on the preferences screen, and is
> thus likely to be noticed by more people. However, I still think this
> should be the default. There are users at places where they do not want
> their password remembered, such as cafes and changing terminals at work.
> What is the standard case and what the exception, though? My guess is that
> most people log in to Wikipedia from one or two machines, and that the
> browser on that machine is reasonably secure from access by others. Other
> users should be security aware enough to tick off the "Remember" checkbox
> during login.
Hm. Since this is more of a security issue I think the current behavior is
best. I for one often use my school's computer lab to get a quick check of my
watchlist. So the last thing I would want is for the school computer to
remember my login and allow somebody to run amok with my sysop-enabled
account (actually I always explicitly log-out, and clear the history and the
cache of any public computer after I use it - but most people don't do this).
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)