Erik Moeller wrote:
tarquin-
- it's overloaded. There is too much going on and no clear indication of
what can be ignored and what must be read
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and a wiki. As such, we have to find the right balance between making Wikipedia easy to read for non-contributors, and making it easy to use for contributors. I think our current balance is pretty good already.
we already have the ability to choose different skins. so the default skin could maybe be "lighter". my main concern is the height stuff before the title, and also the fact that it looks very messy. by all means let's keep the current skin available as an option!
Britannica.com does not have to inform its readers that they can participate, and it does not have to provide the tools (navigational structure) for doing so. It is also English only. If Britannica was like Wikipedia, it would probably look a lot like us ;-)
I like UnrealWiki's design, but I do not like the way the wiki elements of it are fairly hidden at the bottom of each page. This would be unacceptable for Wikipedia IMHO.
Agreed -- that's a left-over from the UseModWIki design.
Are you referring to this:
http://twoevils.org/files/wiki/Rabbit-minimal.html
Yup! Actually, I'd forgotten you'd put the language links down the side already.