1) Hyphenate "Multi-Radical Kanji" - easier to read
2) Enlarge and Left/Center Justify picture of Jim
3) Font of "Jim Breen's" WWJDIC needs to be "played with" (Jim's name is too small and I think this box's contents should be a bit larger than the others to set it off.
4) Lettering is all (independent of my View settings) "thin", to borrow from the Japanese.
5) All the "layered/doubled boxes" need the fonts lowered
6) Should be "Suggest a New Entry or Amendment" - 2 lines
7) Somewhere presented "in emphatics" should be (at the bottom since there's much room?) a statement that we have a group to discuss the project and new members are welcomed. Very, very important, I think.
Thanks, Jim for "Not ignoring Dennis's comments" As you know I can be quite sensitive about such things.Seriously, I would suggest the following for your approval or disapproval:1) We have a look at the newly revised page - and, more importantly, suggest rewrites for those parts that we think remain unclear. The following "clarification", for example, has thrown my brain into a cognitive loop that it may never pull out of. I am in therapy as we speak."Maximum detail lines per kanji database display:" and after it in a smaller font added: "(When you look up the kanji database and there are several kanji which meet the search criteria, this parameter is used to choose whether details are displayed, or whether a simple list of kanji is displayed for you to choose from.)"Oh, My God!2) If the deemed-necessary revisions are lengthy, and the subject matter pretty much assures that, I would suggest that we do what other sites do and that be a "roll over", where an explanation comes to light for those who choose it. Not all users require lengthy clarifications such that they may actually be annoying to some. Option not Requirement.3) We all throw together and suggest where and what to "colourize". As it is, the site looks real "starchy academic". Yawn .... (I had a lengthy and quite detailed fantasy last night about designing a customizable avatar that not only assists the user but also becomes his friend. Well, that's for the future I guess ...)4) Re: "Differences amongst the codes might require some explanation."What, no suggestion that all the curious souls will burn in hell. A bit strong, don't you think? How about the gentler, kinder, what-everybody-else-does "Recommended"?
Again, not the place to describe that. I've added:
"(If you don't know what these are, don't touch it.)"
5) Re: "What is a JeKai article" All explained in the User Guide:
Nobody is going to read a User Guide. Remember this is the age of "Now" and "Short Attention Spans". I don't like it - but I must accept it.On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Jim Breen <jimbreen@*********> wrote:
Not ignoring Dennis's comments - just respondig here because
Paul has already pasted them into the email.
2008/6/25 Paul Blay <blay.paul@**************>:
What's important for one person could be irrelevant for another.
> "The use of color might be helpful in the into to emphasize the
> important choices. Nowadays, people won't read prose."
>
> So, which bits are the 'important' choices?
OK, I like that.
> "What the heck is a "dictionary display"?"
>
> I have to admit I'm not sure myself. Perhaps "Maximum dictionary
> entries per search results page." ?
Hard to summarise without writing an essay. I have put:
> "Why is a "kanji display" different from a "dictionary display"?"
>
> One is, I think, the display of dictionary definitions from Edict (etc.)
> while the other is (probably?) the display of kanji information from
> KanjiDic.
>
> I'm not sure exactly when the second number applies, though.
"Maximum detail lines per kanji database display:" and after
it in a smaller font added:
"(When you look up the kanji database and there are several kanji
which meet the search criteria, this parameter is used to choose
whether details are displayed, or whether a simple list of kanji
is displayed for you to choose from.)
Again, not the place to describe that. I've added:
> "Differences amongst the codes might require some explanation."
"(If you don't know what these are, don't touch it.)"
Now: "(Japanese version is under construction!)"
> "(Perhaps better to include what is not yet fully functional and what is
> functional as "normal" in the "English under construction" half.)"
>
> I'm not sure what you mean. There are only two options, English is
> fully functional, Japanese is partially supported.
Which is at the top of the page unless you have turned it off.
> "(Don't know what options are offered.)"
>
> That's referring to whether the following line is displayed or not.
>
> Options:[G]oogle search, [GI] Google images, [S]anseido dictionary,
> [A]LC dictionary (Eijiro), [Ex]ample sentences, [V]erb conjugations,
> Japanese[W]ikipedia.
[..]
> "What is a JeKai article"
All explained in the User Guide:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdicinf.html#links_tag
I've removed that. Actually it's for all browsers under Windows.
> "Why is it "good for IE""
>
> Presumably because IE displays with larger fonts, or bigger gaps
> between table cells, or similar.
(Microsoft uses a different definition of point size from
everyone else, so text typically displays marginally bigger
under Windows than under other systems.)
I have added a note saying it's for people working on the file.
> •check here [ ] if you would like to see the words indexing each
> Japanese sentence. (No idea what this means at all.)
>
> That's "my" option. (I suppose somebody else might use it).
> It should say "... each Japanese example sentence".
OK, so those are in, and live at Monash.
Thanks for the feedback
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Jim
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Jim Breen
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Clayton School of Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
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