Erik Moeller wrote:
The following features are currently tested on http://test.wikipedia.org :
- Automatic table of contents. A TOC-table is added to pages that contain
more than three headings. This table links to the individual sections within the article and hopefully makes navigation easier.
The TOC should be just above the first section heading. Otherwise the lead paragraph, the one that tells you what the article is actually about, can be pushed down so far it's completely off the initial screen, which is bad. As a reader, I'm only interested in the TOC when I've read the lead and decided that this article is the one I'm looking for; at that point my eyes will be at the end of the lead, and a TOC at that point helps me decide between reading the whole article or just jumping to a section of special interest.
It would be cool if sidebar vs main flow was a preference.
Stan