Posted by Benjamin on 05/23/07 02:10

On May 22, 8:44 pm, 2obvious <EverettLind...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in search of a wiki with an unorthodox interface.
>
> Instead of editing the page in a traditional sense, I would like a
> user to highlight text and write notes. Then the highlighted text
> would become a link. By hovering over (or clicking on) the link, the
> notes would appear (or popup). These notes could be edited in
> traditional wiki fashion, but I want to keep the main page
> locked...as a jumping off point.
This could be done. It would require a lot of JavaScript and AJAX.
>
> Can anyone think of any software I could use to achieve this behavior?
I can't think of anything like that at the momment. It may have to be
custom written. MediaWiki (http://www.mediawiki.org) would be a great
base (protection, wiki markup, etc.)

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