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These are my Wish List items, based on age, eyesight issues, and physical mobility issues. Whether any have merit and whether they can be implemented is up to the PTB (techs, developers).

On articles, it would help…

  • If the words on [Random Article] and [Write An Article] in the right nav panel would stand out, either as darker text or perhaps a tinge of green as button background or color as an outline around the button (match the site but lighter?). Easy to do in CSS, but on a big site would need tested in small batches probably.
  • If there was a check mark next to [Questions & Answers] to indicate there are unanswered Qs on the article. It wastes time and hurts wrists / fingers to have to scroll down to the end of the article, only to see all the Qs are answered already.
  • If there was a “Top” link at the end of an articles near the “Tips” section… because it sure is a pain to scroll all the way back up to get to the Random Question button. My bad shoulders to bad wrists just ache doing this action…which also affects my shoulder to neck. Without excessive scrolling, I could work longer.
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About that last point: press the button on your keyboard marked Home; works the same way.

Not on a keyboard-enabled device? iphones have a quick top-tap feature by tapping the very top bar (those with a Home button) or top-left corner of most browsers (for all-screen devices)

Not sure about Android. Could be tricks there too.

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Thanks for letting us know your thoughts @CageyCat .

Tagging onto @EpcotMagic ’s great advice for getting back to the top of a page, although I don’t have a solution for knowing if there are unanswered questions on an article, there are two quick ways to get to the Q&A section on an article which should prevent too much scrolling:

  1. Click on “Questions & Answers” in the table of contents at the top of the page
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  2. Add “ #qa_headline ” to the end of the page URL - ie https://www.wikihow.com/Control-Cholesterol-Without-Statins#qa_headline will take you directly to Q&A.

I believe the [Random Article] and [Write An Article] buttons are only available for logged in readers, so it may be easier to update that. I will add that to my request list!

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I use the Q&A link on an article.
Go down to see what I can answer.
Then— have to scroll back up to use Random Question.

Where the heck is Home on Win10?

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Its not on your Windows screen. All keyboards made in US have one. If you find the Page Down, Page Up, End, and so on…it shoukd be found near there. Check your computers guide to find that key.

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I see it. It’s beside Delete, top row. That’d mean constantly moving my shoulder further. My shoulder doesn’t do well with typing or writing since the injury.

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Well, thats how most people would’ve. Sorry then; can’t help you. Any ideas @JayneG ?

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I just have one more possibility after chatting with our one PC wikiHauser - using your mouse, could you click and drag the side scroller up to the top?

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Could you let them know that’s how I normally go back ‘up’. On shorter pages, or if just doing ‘once in awhile work’, that’s not as big of an issue. But most pages are extra long, and, er… longer.:slight_smile:

I had to go look around to recall where I found a “down” link. It is on user pages: Scroll to Bottom with a down arrow… I was hoping they could code an UP ^ arrow at the bottom of articles to reduce physical strain for folks using the site. Or, put “Random Article” link at the bottom of pages like it is at the top.

Thanks for considering.:fleur_de_lis:

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@CageyCat , if you use Firefox, then you can use the “ Scroll To Top ” extension to add a scroll to top button to all websites. If you’re using Google Chrome, then you can use this extension .

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Kewl, I’ll take it!

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This is an example of what I mean. It is not on all pages though.

Question: Is it okay if I put …

Answer (or) Flag for removal

Ask a Question

Submit (button)

Return to Full Article

From: https://www.wikihow.com/Questions/Apply-Dental-Wax-on-Braces

The link “[Return to Full Article]” zips back to the top. No scrolling, no reaching for a keyboard key.

And, I hope they don’t remove the nav links beside the Article Intro.

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That button is there on articles that have the new separate Q&A pages that were announced in one of the wikiHaus Lab updates. This is something that the team is experimenting with, but it’s not on all articles yet. I’ll pass on that you appreciate that button and let you know if there are updates on this experiment moving forward in the Lab posts too:slight_smile:

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Personally, I want a side note to be added to to software articles listing the platforms/os the article is intended for. For example, in an article on how to install java, a sidenote could be added specifying the operating systems for which it is intended.

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Interesting - we often do have that in the title, like “How to X on iPhone and iPad” for example, or if there are multiple platforms covered by multiple methods, then that would show in the table of contents, but this one has one method and no specificity in the title… perhaps it’s wanting someone to add some new methods…?:slight_smile:Or you could add it to the form for small title changes here ? I know neither is a side note, but they could potentially be solutions…

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FYI for everyone…

The extension mentioned is Right Click, and look for the Scroll icon.

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I agree that we could be more accessible on our website. That means we at least follow the W3C accessibility guidelines . So no strong colors, no hard to discern text, and nothing hard on screen readers. That would also mean it would be useful for there to be a “jump to content” button at the top if you use the keyboard to tab over.

For me, what is being suggested would be more convenient so I can go and answer questions more quickly or get to the top of the page faster.

@CageyCat Windows 10, Android and macOS come with a bunch of accessibility features that you could possibly use to try to make navigation much easier. For example, you can enable Windows Speech Recognition or Apple Voice Control to control your device. On Android, there is an app called Voice Access by Google that allows you to control your entire Android device hands-free. If you have the money, you could also purchase an ergonomic keyboard and mouse, which I heard is supposed to help reduce strain. I hope I was a bit helpful.

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It was on a regular article with Qs at the bottom.

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Oh! Sorry about that @CageyCat . I saw you reference https://www.wikihow.com/Questions/Apply-Dental-Wax-on-Braces and assumed that was the article you were referring to. Do you have a link to the article so I can check it out? Thanks!

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Hmmmm… That was it, except it was a full article with Qs at the bottom.

https://www.wikihow.com/Apply-Dental-Wax-on-Braces

But it obviously switched to the /Questions/ version. I swear the Qs were below the article. (Making me crazy! LOL)

Anyhoo… the link takes you back up to the top, and to get back to Random button, which I find most useful.

Are they spitting Qs from Articles because Article pages are too long?