Re: Beta 2: Conlang Archives Mirror

Hi!

Eric Christopherson writes:
> On Dec 1, 2006, at 7:10 PM, Henrik Theiling wrote:
> > Dear List!
> >
> > Please see my updated Conlang Archives Mirror site:
> >
> >   http://archives.conlang.info/
>
> Seems good, but I just noticed something I hate to see in web sites.
> The navigation strip at the bottom of the message looks like:
> |<   <  Post  >   >|
>
> I would recommend using actual words instead of (or in addition to)
> the |<, <, etc.
>...
That's a matter of taste, of course.  I just love ASCII-art and I also
love symbols on buttons (as long as one can vaguely guess what the
links are doing). :-)

> First, it would make it a little more apparent what exactly the
> links do.
Hmm, I could add short tooltips.

> Second, it would make the links longer, which would make them easier
> to click on.  Right now it takes a lot of precision mouse movement,
> which takes a noticeable amount of time, to position the mouse on
> the 1- or 2-character-long links.
There are already non-breakable spaces on each side, so the buttons
are 3-4 chars wide! :-P

> Also, it might be cool, since you're using JavaScript, to assign
> shortcut keys to the navigation links, the way Wikipedia does.
Ah, yes, good idea.  Noted.

**Henrik

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