"Simetrical" <Simetrical+wikilist(a)gmail.com>
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So: I'm not sure I want to muck around with the
skin's aesthetics so
much. I'm a programmer, not a designer. If someone else can come up
with suggestions that are both intuitive and pretty, be my guest, but
for now my primary thought is 1) have the edit link immediately next
to the header text, like the Germans; 2) have a downward-pointing
arrow as part of the link text; and 3) add JavaScript that will, when
your mouse moves over the edit link, highlight the text that will be
editable by clicking. I don't think this is great, but I think it
will make it very hard to be confused by the time you actually get to
the edit page, which is a lot more than can be said for the current
layout.
Adding the javascript (if that is possible, given that we can't just wrap
each section in a div tag) would imho, largely solve the problem. It may
not be immediately clear from looking, but moving the mouse over will
immediately resolve any ambiguity. I'm not sure how much difference moving
the edit link would make, if (as your tester says) it is still not clear
what it refers to in the new location. The downward pointing arrow may or
may not help, but I think it would look quite messy if you had the links on
the left, but probably more visually acceptable if it was added to the
current edit location. Of course, I guess that depends on what the arrow
looks like...
- Mark Clements (HappyDog)