[Wikipedia-l] Prominence of language links

[Brion Vibber]

For those participating in the ongoing debate, you may or may not wish 
to be aware of the relative prominence of the interlanguage links in 
the new page layout.

You can see the new layout in development at Gwicke's demo wiki at 
http://wiki.aulinx.de/. (Log in and select the "MonoBook' skin in your 
preferences if it's not being shown initially.) After continued 
tweaking of the layout and the rest of the software, this or a close 
cousin is going to be the standard page layout on Wikipedia; it's been 
developed in response to longstanding usability problems with the 
existing skins, and has consistently met with the approval of 
Wikipedians asked to take a look.

Instead of along the top and bottom (which is ok for a few links but 
overwhelming as the list grows), they go in the sidebar, following the 
other functional links. This keeps them accessible but out of the way, 
and handles a long list less disruptively.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)