Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
We could add such a thing, but I'd take time for all param to have it. Sent from my Android phone. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Yaron Koren
Yes, that's a good point. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Jeroen De Dauw wrote: > For the formats we have nice internationalized names, we do not have such > names or labels for parameters (yet), only their canonical system names. > Using the descriptions seems like a bad idea as they are meant

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
For the formats we have nice internationalized names, we do not have such names or labels for parameters (yet), only their canonical system names. Using the descriptions seems like a bad idea as they are meant to describe the parameter, not to identify it. Sent from my Android phone. -

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Yaron Koren
Hi, Okay, that works - making something an optional setting is always a possibility when the group can't decide on something. :) Out of curiosity, what do you think of Niklas's suggestion, of showing the description instead of the label? That might actually work also - after all, that's how the fo

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread James HK
Hi Yaron, I have spent more time on this now than I actually wanted to but with change [1] you will have your standard behaviour of showing the text beneath the input box (as default) but at the same time introduced a user preference for a Special:Ask tooltip. For power user like me that don't nee

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread James HK
Hi Krabina , >> Why not use Tool tips as in SF #info (not {{{info}}}) is a parser function that comes with SMW (not SF) but it uses outdated JavaScript and is planned to be replaced [1] someday. The method applied in Special:Ask is MW standard as far as there is MW standard (using jquery.tipsy).

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Yaron Koren
Hi James, Thanks for putting those two images together. I actually think that 2nd layout, with the descriptions in a smaller font below the input, looks totally fine - it would probably look nicer if the descriptions were under both the parameter name and the input, but that's a minor point. It's

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Niklas Laxström
On 25 July 2012 16:42, James HK wrote: > [1] > https://github.com/mwjames/docs/raw/master/smw-core/special-ask-table-without-text.png > > [2] > https://github.com/mwjames/docs/raw/master/smw-core/special-ask-table-with-text.png Have you considered dropping the labels (which are not that releva

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Krabina Bernhard
> >> I'm really not sure about that hover thing > Me neither but what else is there left, if this is not an option? > > Another option would be to introduce a user preference where one can > opt-in/out of the text display but do we really want to do this? > > [1] > https://github.com/mwjames/doc

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread James HK
Hi Yaron, >> it just seems like too much work to makes users do Well, their is not much wiggle room in making the Special:Ask layout UI somewhat sane. On the one hand we want people immediately recognize the content that is inherent in an option selected and on the other hand by doing so puts the

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Yaron Koren
Hi James, I just tried this code out now, and I regret not having looked at it before. I'm really not sure about that hover thing - as Jeroen notes, it has usabiility issues, and beyond that, it just seems like too much work to makes users do. It would be one thing if the hover were just clarifyin

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-25 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey James, I just merged in your changes, and they are looking great :) One usability suggestion I have is adding a line of text at the top of the "other options" box explaining what they are, in particular that you can cover over their names to get their associated description (as this might not

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-21 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey, > but class SMWQueryUI alone has 1818 ( + class SMWQueryCreatorPage 264 + class SMWQueryUIHelper 589). huh?! I wonder how that happened... In that case, I'm +1'ing your proposal :) Cheers -- Jeroen De Dauw http://www.bn2vs.com Don't panic. Don't be evil. -- ---

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-21 Thread James HK
Hi Jeroen, The proposed change is rather minimal, it only changes the Html definition in SMWQuerySpecialPage and adds some js function to ext.smw.ask. Finished ! I'd looked at Special:QueryCreator but I had to turn my back because my experience is not a match for what goes on in the QueryCreator

Re: [SMW-devel] [SMW] 1.8; Special:Ask layout change proposal

2012-07-21 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey, That definitely looks better the the current UI. However before starting to make such changes, I think we should asses how much effort it would be to get the query UI written by Devayon Das as part of GSoC 2011 finished up and have that replace ask. It can be seen working here: http://semant