On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:34:57PM -0800, Brion Vibber wrote:
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 16:25, Nick Reinking wrote:
How about a compromise? No drop-down menu, but
how about letting users
select which languages they would like to see? I would be more than
happy to ignore the entire world, except for Japanese and the Queen's
Eng.... err, English.
That wouldn't help the common case: people using the default options,
who have never logged in, or who are not aware that languages they are
(or will become) interested in are available.
I'm not proposing this theme replacing the common case. This theme is
for those who are ipso facto, not using the default themes. If somebody
wants a minimal theme, they will probably also want to pare down the
number of languages that are displayed. Maybe we should call these
theme 'Veteran' instead? ;)
Some of the
other links should be moved elsewhere. Upload image could
be on the 'Special:Specialpages' page. Same with Bug reports, and
current events.
Upload needs to be better accessible from edit mode, but is less
important when viewing. 'Bug reports' must be prominently available from
any page, or we'll never get any. ;) 'Current events' IMHO is useless,
but maybe other people find it interesting. No reason to put it in
special pages, as it's not a special page...
Good point, current events is already well represented on the main page.
We should put 'Rabbit' in its stead. ;) In any case, I don't have an
overflow rule on the quickbar. If it gets too long, it should get a
scrollbar, but it should still be fixed to the left.
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 16:40, Nick Reinking wrote:
Hate to keep sending out so many emails, but
trying to get this to work
for as many people as possible. Does anybody know how to make regular
hyperlinks (rather than buttons) do submits (without Javascript)?
I'm not aware of such a mechanism, and would consider it a gross
violation of user interface standards if there is one. Next step is "how
do I make my application installer enhance Explorer/Finder/Nautilus so
clicking on a regular file deletes it without warning?" ;)
I'm sure somebody has written an extension for that already. ;) I'm
just trying to determine the height of the element. ems are great when
you are using text, but not so good where there are so many damned
buttons.
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Nick Reinking -- eschewing obfuscation since 1981 -- Minneapolis, MN