Site skin "Lynx (light mode)" - add info about menus on other skins

[doro]

Title:
Site skin "Lynx (light mode)" - add info about menus on other skins

Area:
Site Interface

Summary:
The profile page in Lynx (light mode) is missing an entire menu of menus and functions.

Description:
I didn't find out about this until trying to follow someone's instructions for importing a journal. (I've since found the FAQ for that.)

The response to my support ticket was "this was intentionally left off Lynx because Lynx is supposed to be simpler and have less information on the page."

This was no surprise, since usually, this simplicity and ease of reading is a big plus for me (and why I use Lynx).

Can this be maintained while adding a note (or box?) with the info that the menus are available on any of the other site skins? Maybe include the quick path to get there:
At bottom of profile page, go to [Site Map], follow link to [Manage Settings], choose tab [Display], in [Site Skin] switch to any other choice, and Save.

Poll #4437 Site skin "Lynx (light mode)" - add info about menus on other skins

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38

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Should be implemented as-is.
14 (36.8%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
12 (31.6%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
12 (31.6%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[matgb]

I thinkthe problem is that Lynx is both a site scheme and a printable/mobile view layout, and has problems being both.

If it's to be labelled as a full site scheme, then it needs to have some way of having the core nav menues showing. If it's to be a lite view for printing and older mobile browers, then it needs to concentrate on being just that. Even then, for the latter use, I'd want more nav links than are already there.

I never use mobile views deliberately, Opera Mobile can translate most web pages into smallscreen readable pages well, but others have different preferences.

Lynx is trying to do too much, perhaps? Split it up into a separate scheme and style=light

[zvi]

I think a better solution is to add a page that links to all of the menu options, and link to this menu page from the Lynx navigation bar.


If someone has the Lynx style because they're using an unsupported viewing client, then telling them to enable a different site scheme that won't display correctly for them isn't very useful. Because Lynx doesn't use the ajax and css collapsing options that we use with the other site schemes, there's a tendency for it to create a longer vertical scroll, and adding the menu links would contribute to that. I think adding a separate link helps give Lynx users the ability to follow directions written with the assumption that the user is seeing the site menus, without loading up the Lynx style with extra stuff.

[susanreads]

+1

[feathertail]

+1. If we're using Lynx for accessibility purposes, then we need to give access to these things on it.

[jadelennox]

+1,000,000

[jumpuphigh]

+1

[faithofone]

+1

[turlough]

+1

[stasha2g]

+1

[thorfinn]

+1

[kerravonsen]

+1

[twisted_times]

Adding yet another +1 to this suggestion.

[melannen]

+1 so much.

[doro]

(Was AFK since last Thursday. No problems, just not around access.)

unsupported viewing client, different site scheme that won't display correctly

Ah, wasn't aware of this. Thank you.

I think adding a separate link

So this would be a single link on the profile page which would go to a separate page with all of the "missing" links? That would be awesome. Part of my issue was not even being aware those menu options existed.

zvi to the rescue again! *grin*

[ninetydegrees]

I'm using Lynx on my phone and I agree that it's a bit too bare-bone for me too. Some links, such as the ones you suggest, would be useful.

Edit: at least I think it is. It seems a bit different here on the site.

[foxfirefey]

With the way menus here are implemented, I don't see any reason not to include a link to each menu (which then goes to a list of that menu's items).