Re: This Wiki Implementation

[Petite Abeille <petite_abeille@...>]

On Feb 25, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Philippe Lhoste wrote:

> Yes and no. There are some common practices, or rules (eg. in design  
> of Windows programs) which ensure a minimal common look and feel. If  
> you break these rules/expectations, you confuse the user.
>
> See <a href="http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/mysterymeatnavigation.html 
> ">Mystery meat navigation</a> on this topic. If I hadn't seen before  
> going there how to edit a page, I might still search it, even more  
> as it isn't obvious that the title is a link (not underlined,  
> unusual color for a link - only the cursor is a hint).

"Du goût et des couleurs..."

Nanoki uses only a handful of Mark James's 700 "Silk" icons:

http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/

One could easily customize Nanoki UI with as many icons as one wishes :)

> Basically yes, except the date format! ;)
> Most readers of the wiki can use Stylish or Greasemonkey to resize  
> the edit area anyway...

Or, in Safari at least, just resize the edit area directly.

> Bah, a good old tint of blue might be a sensible choice, as it is  
> familiar. Despite the overuse of CSS, people are still conditioned  
> to see blue as a link (underlined text too), reddish color as a  
> visited link, etc.

"Du goût et des couleurs..." again :)

One can always customize the CSS to their likening:

http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/etc/custom-screen.css

Alternatively, if you don't fancy the default look:

http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/nanoki

Click on the RSS button on the upper right side of most address bar to  
get a different rendition:

feed://svr225.stepx.com:3388/nanoki.xml

In Safari at least, the links are of a nice shade of blue :)

Cheers,

PA.