[Imc-uk-useability] Re: new comments display design

[Chris]

Hi

On Wed 26-Oct-2005 at 02:44:08PM +0100, ionnek wrote:
> 
> i looked at chris' comments display design:
> http://chris.dev.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/09/323884.html
> thanks chris for improving it!
> 
> It is now more like the sf.indymedia design and i like
> that. See
> http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/1720180.php
> 
> I think I'd prefer the grey shading in the "display the
> following comments" box rather than in the additions.
> Logically, the article itself and the Additions are the
> same - texts, while the comments box is something
> different, a list. The shading would highlight this
> difference.

Yeah, I did consider this... and it's what I'm doing for
the Sheffield site:

  http://chris.dev.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2005/09/323967.html

I have basically have an evening of work per region to
sort out the CSS... so if when I have done all the other
regions I have time to come back and tweak the UK CSS some
more I will... :-)
  
> Although I never know in advance wether my design ideas
> will do what i think they will, if you know what i mean!

Yeah, I know what you mean :-)

> btw, the only complication i see is our internal
> arguments about what should be promoted to addition. We
> should try and define it somehow - for the public i
> think it's really enough to say "we think this is an
> addition", but for ourselves we might need some more
> discussion.

Yeah, the existing guidelines do seem to be an OK starting
point:

  # Comments: Everybody can add their own comments at the
    end of each article. Comments are subject to the
    guidelines for hiding. They can be used to:

    * State an opinion about any given posting.
    * Add information.
    * Correct inaccurate or malicious information.
    * Rectify misinformation.

  Corrections and rectifications can be given prominent
  status by contacting the IMC UK features list with the
  qualified accurate information.

  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/static/editorial.html

Perhaps additons / improvements to this should be discused
on imc-uk-process now... perhaps it can wait till it's a
issue that needs sorting urgently...

Chris

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