Wikipedia (Help) interface

Redeem Gamma

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Justified Ancients of Moo Moo [JAMM]

I was recently thinking. since i spend a fair bit of time on wikipedia
i couldn't find much to suggest it was planned and did a search but get nothing

is it planed/possible
to intergrate (merge) the official guild wars wikipedia with the actualy interface of guild wars?
like this


in it's own window.
this would be great becuase it means the wiki is in the same window as the game so you can browse it while still reading chat or watching over things. you'll basicaly miss alot less

the picture is a quick concept thing. it's only a minute cut and paste.
it would probably be better if it could be edited to black and blue coloring like in the help panel (that should be easy by just editing the CSS) anyway i think it would work..

Good Idea:
Yes/No?

genofreek

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

D/

It'd save me time since I sometimes need to look up a map (terrible sense of direction ftl) or something, but I'm not entirely sure how difficult or even possible this would be.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

That however would mean they have to effectively merge an internet client directly into the guild wars client, or at least the API's for one. Not a good idea IMO, as a bug in a webpage on the wiki could potentially crash your whole client.

Series

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2006

Just open the wiki in a restore down'd window

Winter Lady

Winter Lady

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fused Source

Mo/Me

I love the idea, my only concern is the practical side of things.

Like what dargon said, I wouldn't want to risk it if it crashes my game especially if I'm in the middle of a mission!

Redeem Gamma

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Justified Ancients of Moo Moo [JAMM]

well.. yes. that was my first thought. if there did go into play you could do things as crazy as browsing your guilds forums through the game (gotta admit it's another similar and good idea but a bit OTT)
perhaps to solve such a sollution it could simply display a database which is just a rip of the wiki and update reguly and have that displayed in game. of course there is still potentional for bugs but that's why you test these things

and honestly if it does crash your computer or game then you don't use it.. but it's there for those who's it doesn't

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

I've seen that already in Flyff.

So it can be done.

Redeem Gamma

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Justified Ancients of Moo Moo [JAMM]

Flyff's a sad game but it has some good Interface idea's to it

tenshi_strife

tenshi_strife

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

in sardelac getting yelled at.

Angels of Strife[Aoc]

E/

/signed this would be great