On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What I'd like to see is a preferences framework that allows people to > subscribe to a set of opt-in viewing/reading options similar to how we > currently can add JS widgets. If any of them become so massively > popular and useful that there is demand to include them as a > single-button option in the global user prefs menu, that's ok - but we > can wait to see how each viewing option is received. > > The ones I imagine getting lots of use would not be about > 'content-hiding', but would filter up/down other sorts of information > (I really want an option to see major contributors, or the last few > contributors, near the top of an article for instance). However, > this would also let the minority of readers who care a lot about that > collaborate with one another on making reading WP more friendly for > them. > > SJ > I think if there was demand for this within the editing community, it would already exist. The problem, then, is not what to do for the editors who might like a "safe" option but for the readers who don't have an account and can't set preferences or add .js widgets. Maybe not right now, but I can see in the future shooting for a kids.wikipedia.org or safe.wikipedia.org - perhaps Simple Wikipedia, which has had some criticism for its mission, could be adapted for the purpose. Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
