Any "see other languages" link should take into account the nature of the article; an article on a Japanese topic should display the Japanese wp link (if any) . This would not be impossible to do programmatically.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Howie Fung <[email protected]> wrote: > Per Erik M.'s previous post, we're working on a compromise solution > whereby we show a list based on user's most likely language(s), probably > based on browser, and then a "see other languages" link which would > expand to give all the other langauages. We're also looking at changing > the word "Languages" into something that's more descriptive of what the > links actually do. > > I've created the following page for more discussion/proposals on the topic: > > http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Opinion:_Language_Links > > Howie > > On 6/3/10 4:41 PM, David Goodman wrote: >> It would be nice to actually have a place at the usability wiki to >> discuss this. >> >> My own view is that the actual list of languages was the ideal >> interface object in fulfilling many purposes (as discussed in the >> posts above) and implying multiple levels of understanding without the >> need for explanation or discussion. For example, that it varied >> authomatically from article to article showed the overall level of >> progress on the multiple projects. >> >> In showing Wikipedia to new users this list was always noticed and >> proved a very expressive statement. >> >> The attitude shown by Trevor's reply speaks for itself in terms of the >> relationship between the "internal" experts and the community. I >> think that it was his wording that induced me to finally post on the >> issue. >> >> >>> I fixed it (it's a one-line change), but Trevor reverted it: >>> >>>> This goes against an intentional design >>>> decision. To discuss that decision further and submit proposals to change >>>> this >>>> design please contact Howie Fung<hfung at wikimedia.org> or visit >>>> http://usability.wikimedia.org >>>> >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
