I like the new wiki format

[Robert Hicks]

Kudos

Robert

[sleb...@gmail.com]

On Oct 25, 4:55 am, Robert Hicks <sigz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kudos
>

I get a sidebar tree view to the left when I use firefox on Windows
but I don't see it when I use firefox on Linux... strange

But overall, nice. Just be careful about browser compatibility, the
tcl crowd is very heterogeneous when it comes to what platform they
use.

[miguel]

Do you have js enabled in both cases? I see it alright on linux, after
allowing javascript

[Kevin Kenny]

sleb...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Oct 25, 4:55 am, Robert Hicks <sigz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Kudos
>>
>
> I get a sidebar tree view to the left when I use firefox on Windows
> but I don't see it when I use firefox on Linux... strange

Flush your browser cache.

[sleb...@gmail.com]

On Oct 25, 11:52 am, Kevin Kenny <kenn...@acm.org> wrote:

That works. Thanks.

[Mark Smithfield]

Much as I am loathe to take the role, I must supply the dissenting
voice.

I do not like the new wiki formatting. I do not subscribe to the "must
look like other websites" design philosophy, which is clearly at play
here, whether it was intentional or not.

But rather that merely raise a question of taste, there are some
usability issues that bear mentioning. There is no need for a sidebar.
This is a gratuitous use/waste of space. A categories page is quite
enough. Also, the formatting code, interfers w/ browsing a wiki page
with a narrow browser window, something that I do all the time, though
I seem to be in a strict minority on this point.

I spent an awful lot of time on the wiki in its previous incarnation.
Once the search feature was improved, I felt nothing but affection for
the site. Now, it looks like a microsoft help file. Yuck.

The feather icon is nice though.

Mark.

[mcccol]

On Oct 25, 9:20 pm, Mark Smithfield <m_smithfi...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I do not like the new wiki formatting. I do not subscribe to the "must
> look like other websites" design philosophy, which is clearly at play
> here, whether it was intentional or not.

I like the new look.

> But rather that merely raise a question of taste, there are some
> usability issues that bear mentioning. There is no need for a sidebar.
> This is a gratuitous use/waste of space. A categories page is quite
> enough.

I agree. That's why you can turn it off. Yay. Best of both worlds.

> Also, the formatting code, interfers w/ browsing a wiki page
> with a narrow browser window, something that I do all the time, though I seem to be in a strict minority on this point.

Don't know about that one - minus the sidebar you should be better
off.

> I spent an awful lot of time on the wiki in its previous incarnation. Once the search feature was improved, I felt nothing but affection for the site.

I'm glad you like the search. What did we improve again?

> Now, it looks like a microsoft help file. Yuck.

Heh. Don't know, never looked at a MS Help file. You should be ok
now you know you can revert to non-menu format, no?

> The feather icon is nice though.

It is, isn't it. I think the text aesthetic is pretty good all-round,
but it is a matter of taste.

[Glenn Jackman]

Hmm, the layout isn't right for me:
http://web.ncf.ca/glennj/tclwiki/withstyle.png

The footer is placed where the menubar should be, and the menubar is
placed at the bottom below the "wrapper" div.

Apparently, the menu_area div is set to 200px wide while the wrapper div
only has a margin of 160px.

Note: My default background colour is grey.

--
Glenn Jackman
"You can only be young once. But you can always be immature." -- Dave Barry

[Glenn Jackman]

At 2007-10-25 11:37AM, "Glenn Jackman" wrote:
> Hmm, the layout isn't right for me:
> http://web.ncf.ca/glennj/tclwiki/withstyle.png

nevermind. cache issue.

[Uwe Klein]

Works in Mozilla 1.6 ( i.e. Wiki contents and the tree stuff down from there )
does not work in Opera 8.5

js enabled in both

uwe