On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:20 PM, quiddity <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [...] > Re: "birds eye view" - I really like this idea, taken to the 'completism' > level... > A number of text/code editors, have a "minimap" attached to the side. > > http://did2memo.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/minimap-in-sublime-text-2.png > http://i.imgur.com/OIhkpfA.png > http://notepad-plus-plus.org/assets/images/docMap.png > It works as an enhanced-scrollbar, and as an overview, and it shows > text-selections from ctrl-F. > > I think something similar to this would potentially help us: > * To better understand the scope of an article/section/entry, upon first > loading the page. > * As editors, to find & refine wall-of-text paragraphs. > * Encourage light-readers to scroll more, particularly if they see > thumbnails of images - in the same way that good textbooks can use images > as content-hooks. > * more? > > It would need Increased font size for headings, to enable ToC-like > functionality. And some sort of minimal-version, for users who find > animated-aspects too distracting. What else? > > It might be too complicated to be a global default (UX-wise, and/or > Performance-wise), but I'd love to see something like this as an option > (toggle or preference or gadget). > > Matma Rex made a proof-of-concept for this article-minimap idea. Code: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Matma_Rex/article-map.js Screenshots: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minimap_script_screenshot_1.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minimap_script_screenshot_2.png By default, it just shows a button in the top corner, labeled "Render minimap". The rendered minimap is clickable, hence functions as a giant scrollbar. It doesn't work as a ToC-replacement (for which Prateek's experiment is a much better contender), but it is a very interesting script, that I'll certainly leave enabled for the forseeable future. On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Prateek Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Krinkle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our table of contents is in desperate need of improvement. Having that > be more accessible throughout the reading experience would be a big step > forward[1] (much like the Wikipedia iOS app). Having a proper TOC means > users don't have to collapse/expand anything. > > A buggy experiment: > > importStylesheet( 'User:Prtksxna/toc.css' ); > importScript( 'User:Prtksxna/toc.js' ); > > Tested on latest Firefox and Chrome. Refreshing a couple of times > usually takes care of any visual bugs. > > http://cl.ly/Z7DO > http://cl.ly/Z7B4 > This is great indeed! Could this eventually be a new Beta Feature? _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
