[Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding - "Improving the Wiki-UI using AJAX & JQuery"

[Akshay Agarwal]

Hi Shivansh,


On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Shivansh Srivastava <shivansh.bits at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> *Advantages-*
>
> The whole Web page would be compact.
> One wont have to scroll through large paragraphs.
> *Waiting Time *is reduced.
> *Bandwidth Usage- *Since pages do not have to completely reload, it can
> help in less server bandwidth (helpful for me in my college), and when you
> are in countries or places that charge for your hosting bandwith, it will be
> more efficient,
> *Traffic *to and from the server is *reduced*.
> Form Validation.
> User Simplicity.
> Speed.
>
>
You have proposed a really nice talk regarding the usability. The Wikimedia
Foundation has also been considering similar improvements in the UI & UX,
checkout http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Usability_Initiative

I have also worked on a similar project for MediaWiki this summer &
developed an extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SignupAPI
My work involved a lot of jQuery & Ajax stuff, so in case you need any help
with that, feel free to contact me directly.


> *Disadvantages-*
>
> If you press the back button, you may not be able to return in the previous
> state.
> Might be *difficult to* *bookmark *and return to that particular state of
> the application
>
>
There are ways to get around this problem as well



> *2. *The second idea was to put *JQuery *into use.
>
>
MediaWiki (the software that powers Wikipedia) already has a jQuery library
& also the necessary CSS markups to support the specific functionalities for
vector theme, you can try downloading a copy of MediaWiki on your local host
& play with it, you may also come up with a modified version of the article
page which you can showcase in your talk

I have a few more queries though.
>
> 1. Could someone tell me about Hackathon & what role can I play, depending
> on my proposal?
> 2. How do I present my talk (if I am allowed)..like present a modified page
> with AJAX usage as well?
> 3. Could I have a contact no. of someone incharge so that I can speak
> directly, in case for some minor queries.
>
>
The conference & hackathon committee will be able to help you a lot with it,
in the meantime you can checkout the hackathon page at
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/India_Hackathon_2011


-- Thanks & Regards
-Akshay Agarwal
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