On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Lee Worden <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just noticed that the editsection links, now with both the visual and > source editor links, use a pipe character (|) to separate the two. Is this > generally the desired way to separate multiple links in a bracketed section > like this, in MW? Is there a policy? > > I ask because I've been producing editsection-like links for a long time > in our extension project, with commas in between - for example a LaTeX > document will come with a list of links like "[log, pdf, dvi]". Maybe I > should switch to using pipes instead of commas. > Jay's previous answer is correct I think. When choosing between pipes and commas, the former are better for clear separation between equal elements. However, the honest truth is that using punctuation to call out and separate interactive elements like this is a pretty retrograde UI pattern. Images or symbols plus words are together more easily memorable than words alone. If you are in a situation where you let users interact with a LaTeX document using a variety of methods, the ideal design might be one where you give each type (log, pdf, dvi) a small, simple, and easily distinguishable icon. Adding things like appropriate styles on hover, to denote when a user is about to select an element, also might be helpful. Ultimately I think we want to be shooting for a world where we can just use whitespace, icons, and other less busy-looking methods to denote section edit links,[1] rather than using punctuation. Steven 1. https://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acai_Designs#Section_Edit_Links _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
