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------Original message------ From: Shivansh Srivastava <shivansh.b...@gmail.com> To: "Wikimedia India Community list" <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Date: Friday, October 7, 2011 11:15:50 PM GMT+0530 Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding - "Improving the Wiki-UI using AJAX & JQuery" Thanks a lot Akshay for your reply...!! I will definitely be in touch with you soon for guidance. Cheers, On 7 October 2011 16:38, Akshay Agarwal <akshay.leadin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Shivansh, > > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Shivansh Srivastava < > shivansh.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> *Advantages-* >> >> The whole Web page would be compact. >> One wont have to scroll through large paragraphs. >> *Waiting Time *is reduced. >> *Bandwidth Usage- *Since pages do not have to completely reload, it can >> help in less server bandwidth (helpful for me in my college), and when you >> are in countries or places that charge for your hosting bandwith, it will be >> more efficient, >> *Traffic *to and from the server is *reduced*. >> Form Validation. >> User Simplicity. >> Speed. >> >> > You have proposed a really nice talk regarding the usability. The Wikimedia > Foundation has also been considering similar improvements in the UI & UX, > checkout http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Usability_Initiative > > I have also worked on a similar project for MediaWiki this summer & > developed an extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SignupAPI > My work involved a lot of jQuery & Ajax stuff, so in case you need any help > with that, feel free to contact me directly. > > >> *Disadvantages-* >> >> If you press the back button, you may not be able to return in the >> previous state. >> Might be *difficult to* *bookmark *and return to that particular state of >> the application >> >> > There are ways to get around this problem as well > > > >> *2. *The second idea was to put *JQuery *into use. >> >> > MediaWiki (the software that powers Wikipedia) already has a jQuery library > & also the necessary CSS markups to support the specific functionalities for > vector theme, you can try downloading a copy of MediaWiki on your local host > & play with it, you may also come up with a modified version of the article > page which you can showcase in your talk > > I have a few more queries though. >> >> 1. Could someone tell me about Hackathon & what role can I play, depending >> on my proposal? >> 2. How do I present my talk (if I am allowed)..like present a modified >> page with AJAX usage as well? >> 3. Could I have a contact no. of someone incharge so that I can speak >> directly, in case for some minor queries. >> >> > The conference & hackathon committee will be able to help you a lot with > it, in the meantime you can checkout the hackathon page at > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/India_Hackathon_2011 > > > -- Thanks & Regards > -Akshay Agarwal > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Shivansh Srivastava | +91-955-243-5407 | shivansh.b...@gmail.com<mr.shivansh.srivast...@gmail.com> <mr.shivansh.srivast...@gmail.com>Secretary, BITS Alumni Affairs Division | Web Expert, Newsletter, BITSAA International 3rd Year Undergraduate | B.E. (Hons.) - Electronics & Instrumentation BITS-Pilani. _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
