I recently bookmarked Wikipedia at my local library. They have brand new terminals with TFT screens. The resolution is fairly low.
Sadly, the main page of Wikipedia suffers from several big problems
* it's overloaded. There is too much going on and no clear indication of what can be ignored and what must be read * the page title comes nearly halfway down the screen. The newcomer just sees a lot of "scary" links and form elements before any sort of content.
Compared to, say, a Certain Non-Free Encyclopedia Beginning With B... well, we suck. Show them both to the average library-visitor who just wants to look something up -- he'll go for the Britt.
Someone posted a really nice new layout some time ago -- what's the status on that? Does it need more work before it's ready? I'm happy to help, I have some free time at the moment. My only problem, still, is getting CVS access. (anyone have the link?)
I think we need to consider moving most of the top bar stuff down to the sidebar. (for example, like the streamlining I did here: http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/ )
Of course, the fact that the language links are at the top is a key argument in favour of keeping the status quo regarding the multilingual portal. (ie, peopel who don't read english see their language immediately). And so the Domino rally of committee debate rolls on...
-- tarquin