The problem is that right now it is simply to hard to create this kind of interactivity. But in my opinion it does not necessarily have to be more complex than creating or maintaining a corporate spreadsheet.
will Wikipedia contributors be able to collaboratively design and refine such a thing as easily as they write and revise a simple article?
Absolutely.
how do you prevent a random Wikipedia contributor from modifying the interaction's code to steal the viewer's Wikipedia credentials?
The same ways as you would for text or image based content.
and I truly am interested to see if he demonstrates a new way of thinking about computing
Even when he is unable to demonstrate a new way of thinking about computing, I am sure we all can agree that a lot of things can still be improved. It would be a shame if the best we can do on computers is presenting information like we do on paper.
The problem is that right now it is simply to hard to create this kind of interactivity. But in my opinion it does not necessarily have to be more complex than creating or maintaining a corporate spreadsheet.
will Wikipedia contributors be able to collaboratively design and refine such a thing as easily as they write and revise a simple article?
Absolutely.
how do you prevent a random Wikipedia contributor from modifying the interaction's code to steal the viewer's Wikipedia credentials?
The same ways as you would for text or image based content.
and I truly am interested to see if he demonstrates a new way of thinking about computing
Even when he is unable to demonstrate a new way of thinking about computing, I am sure we all can agree that a lot of things can still be improved. It would be a shame if the best we can do on computers is presenting information like we do on paper.