On Tue, 12 May 2009 22:15:32 -0400 Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Mark Stosberg <m...@summersault.com> wrote: > >> > http://test.darcs.net/_login > >> > > >> John says he's done something in HEAD for this: > > > > Great! Thanks. Here's another specific feedback point. > > > > On the edit screen, it should explain *which* wiki syntax is in use, and > > provide some immediate examples and a link to further documentation > > about the formatting. > > > > Here's an example wiki page that does this decently well. (It will ask > > you sign in first, which merely involves typing in any username that you > > make up). > > > > http://www.cgi-app.org/index.cgi?action=edit&page_name=Plugins > ... > > Mark > > I dunno, that's some pretty darn intrusive informing it does there. > Seems like way overkill. I'm for user-friendliness, but that seems to > go past the line of helping to getting in one's way. I agree, it's not the best example of what I had in mind. Flickr does a much better job. Just below each comment box there's a small link with an expansion triangle next to it: "|> How do I format my comment?" If you click it, expands to show the most common formatting commands in a helpful table. In Flickr's design, the reference is easy to find and use, but stays out the way when you don't need it. Mark -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Stosberg Principal Developer m...@summersault.com Summersault, LLC 765-939-9301 ext 202 database driven websites . . . . . http://www.summersault.com/ . . . . . . . . _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list darcs-users@darcs.net http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
