Erik Moeller wrote:
I do like it, but
* the navigation bar is already fairly long. It misses important links
like watch, move, upload and will get even longer when sysop links
(delete, protect) are added.
but the average reader doesn't need or want those links! and placed at
the top of the screen they confuse.
With lots of interlanguage links at the
bottom, you will go beyond one screen size even on high resolutions, which
means (I think) that the always-on-top no longer works because it isn't
scrollable.
yes, we will probably have to drop the "fixed" sidebar in this skin
* there's no logo - no identification whatsoever.
As you say, that's good
for editors, but not good as a standard.
easily fixed! (I particularly like the sunflower logo proposed in
another thread)
* it's highly CSS-dependent and will not work well
in non-CSS browsers.
you mean things like Lynx? How do other sites handle this problem?
I'm open to suggestions. But we really need to rethink our design. I
know that all of us here on this list are used to the current page
layout, so we see right through its problems.
But think like a luser for a moment: there is nothing that guides the
eye. The are straggly blocks of links that come at you from all sides.
I showed the site to the library staff and their eyes just glazed over
with that "too much scary text" look people get. We are talking about
people who panic at the sight of a Microsoft Word dialog box here. This
is (sadly) the average net user.
Remember who we've said before that we need to attract editors from
other backgrounds, such as literature, history, art -- people who are
probably not tech-wise? This is a hurdle we need to lower.