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