> >> 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/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
Why not use Tool tips as in SF: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms/Defining_forms#Tooltips Sites with using forms (and tooltips) have already a common pattern for users ("klick on the tootip for more info"). This would make sense in Special:Ask as well... regards, Bernhard > > Cheers > > mwjames > > On 7/25/12, Yaron Koren <ya...@wikiworks.com> wrote: > > 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 > > clarifying > > what was already on the page, but in this case the parameter names > > by > > themselves are pretty cryptic - and they're always in English, so > > if people > > don't speak English then they're forced to hover over every > > parameter. > > > > Was the issue that the parameter descriptions were taking up too > > much of > > the page? If so, one possibility is just to display them in a > > smaller font > > instead - that might help readability as well (ironically), since > > it > > wouldn't look as much like a sea of text. > > > > -Yaron > > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Jeroen De Dauw > > <jeroended...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> 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 be obvious). > >> > >> And this only occurred to me now, but the WMF has a usability > >> policy > >> discouraging use of hover-only features, as they do not work on > >> most > >> mobile > >> devices. Not sure how to address this issue here though. > >> > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> -- > >> Jeroen De Dauw > >> http://www.bn2vs.com > >> Don't panic. Don't be evil. > >> -- > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Live Security Virtual Conference > >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > >> Discussions > >> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in > >> malware > >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Semediawiki-devel mailing list > >> Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in > malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
