[Wikireader] infobox case study

[Samuel Klein]

That's a good read.  For the mini offline readers, making sure the
right css is available to provide what is often provided with in-page
style makes a difference.

It's a good thing Wikipedia is taking usability more seriously this
year.  I hope people with specific interest in getting features and
imporvements into the main site will contribute

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Usability_Initiative
http://usability.wikimedia.org

SJ
(I am reminded, looking at the logo of the new usability site, of how
sad I am that the somewhat arbitrary colors used in the first
Meta-Wiki logo have stuck as the three 'wikimedia' colors and used for
new logos...)


On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome at opera.com> wrote:
> I've done a case study on the "infobox" markup in Wikipedia which may
> be of interest. More specifically, I've done a comparison of the
> current markup of an existing infobox (in the article on Norway) and
> an alternative, table-free version that I have written.
>
>  http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2009/wikipedia/infobox/
>
> The alternative version is simpler, smaller, and more semantic. In the
> table-free version:
>
>  - style attributes are not allowed
>
>  - table markup are only used for real tables, not for layout purposes
>
>  - all div and span elements have a class attribute with a meaningful
>   value
>
>  - semantic elements (e.g., dl, dt, dt, ol, li are preferred over div
>   and span, when appropriate
>
> I suggest that these principles are followed for Wikipedia's markup in
> general.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -h&kon
>              Håkon Wium Lie                          CTO °þe®ª
> howcome at opera.com                  http://people.opera.com/howcome
>
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