Re: [xwiki-devs] [UX][Proposal] XWikiSyntax Page

Hi, Proposal 3 http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/SyntaxExperiments3

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 14:35, Vincent Massol&lt;vincent(a)massol.net&gt; wrote: > > On Nov 21, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > >> On 11/19/2010 01:57 PM, Ciprian Amaritei wrote: >>> Hi Caty, >>> I suggest not to use different colors for syntax chooser buttons since > some >>> readability issues may occur when changing the background color of the > table >>> header. An idea would be to use different shades of gray for background > as I >>> tried in the attached image. >>> >>> Thanks Ciprian. >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)< >>> valicac(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> This is a proposal for compacting the way we show XWiki Syntaxes >>>> > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/SyntaxExperiments >>>> >>>> Feedback is welcomed. >> >> Personally I don't find it useful at all to be able to display more than >> one syntax at a time. On the contrary, it's confusing, with all the >> different colors and strike-through, and intermixed lines. Instead of a >> checkbox behavior, I'd like a radio button behavior. >> >> I'd also like a global syntax switcher, since users rarely want to look >> at mixed syntaxes. > > That was my first reaction too. > >> And this brings me to the main point, who is this page for, and how is >> it going to be used? > > It's the help page that you get when you click on help when in wiki edit > mode. > >> I think that since this is a syntax help, most people will use it as a >> quick reference for the syntax they need to use at the moment, not as a >> comparison tool to check which of the syntaxes is the coolest. > > I agree. > > Thanks > -Vincent >