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:Interesting. So the script chooses the first header and add the "show/hide" button to it. It's a pity we can't choose the header on the far right. "Show/hide" buttons are always on the right. Usability-wise it would be better to have consistent types of contents. I wish the usability team would complete their [http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Style_Guide Style Guide] and ask users to comply to it. It's a good practice on Web projects. For example, we decide that link are blue and underlined on mouseover and onfocus. This behavior should never change on Wikipedia: it becomes a rule. It should be kind of similar with collapsible content: the appearance and behavior should never change.
:The best solution would be to improve the script. So that it adds the "show/hide" button to the caption instead. It's a lot of work as every table using this collapsible script should be fixed (and probably manually). Still, it's definitely something we will have to do sooner or later. I believe it would be better to gain experience with other simpler tasks. And afterwards we should make a task force for this job. Regards, [[User:Dodoïste|Dodoïste]] ([[User talk:Dodoïste|talk]]) 01:20, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
:: If we could ensure every table had a caption, then it would be the perfect place for the show/hide trigger. One day, maybe ...
:: Incidentally, my links are whatever colour I want, as anyone can override most global style choices in their own ''/[skin name here].css'' file. For example, I like to be able to pick out recently visited pages on my watchlist, but I'm somewhat colour-blind between the default blue link and the default for a visited link, so I set
::* <code><nowiki>a:visited { color: #8800C0; }</nowiki></code>
:: Similarly, anyone can override default behaviour for classes, such as the class="external text" to change the style of external links only. Of course, all of this works as simply as that, only if we don't embed in-line styles in elements.
:: You've made a lot of progress with giving good accessibility advice here, and all of it will also be useful for those working on the usability project – good accessibility and good usability have a habit of going together. Cheers --[[User:RexxS|RexxS]] ([[User talk:RexxS|talk]]) 04:06, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
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