Yes, I think you may have a point, Trevor. The one thing that comes to my mind is that all the stuff at the right of the screen is what might be called the "bottom matter" from articles. Giving it primary place in an article, well above the majority of content is...well, suboptimal. It's at the bottom because it's really not all that important; links to other similar articles and other Wikimedia sites is (I'm going to be honest here) fluff, not content - especially those massive templates that take the place of proper categorization. I get the visual theory behind having it there; the problem isn't really the format, it's the quality and relative importance of the information.
Risker On 14 July 2014 16:06, Trevor Parscal <tpars...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I want to suggest that we give Brandon a lot of slack here, and be as > supportive as possible. > > This is a prototype of a design, which is far better than a mockup of a > design. It is not an actual implementation, but that is totally fine. I > want to see more of this kind of thing, and by being more supportive and > understanding I think we can encourage that. > > - Trevor > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Brandon Harris <bhar...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > > As I've said before, it doesn't work in IE. I've only just gained > > access to a Windows laptop and I'll see what I can do. > > > > > > On Jul 14, 2014, at 5:55 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Brandon for letting us know about this. Since it will be many > > hours > > > before I have a chance to make comments elsewhere, I'm going to let you > > > know that, using a Win7 platform and IE9, the screen is illegible. All > > > writing is in a faint shade of grey (or blue where applicable); text > > > overlaps images and infoboxes; and there's massive whitespace to the > > right > > > of the screen. Because of the very faint text, I can't be certain > what's > > > supposed to be above the title; however, what is there looks to all be > > > crowded over to the right of the screen above the large amount of > > > whitespace. > > > > > > I'll try to grab a screenshot and send it in. > > > > > > Risker/Anne > > > > > > On 14 July 2014 01:03, Brandon Harris <bhar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> I have uploaded a new version of the Winter > framework/prototype, > > >> v. 0.6. > > >> > > >> http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/winter/ > > >> > > >> This version has significant changes over 0.5. The entire > > >> undercarriage has been refactored into a framework to allow for anyone > > to > > >> do rapid prototyping within their own copy. The source code has been > > >> installed into gerrit, in the form of two depots, one of which is for > > >> specialized "modules" that change the way the prototype behaves > > >> (snowflakes). > > >> > > >> Links to the source depots are available at: > > >> > > >> > > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter#The_Winter_Framework > > >> > > >> This release adds in several major changes: > > >> > > >> * "Right rail" functionality, designed to surface > content > > >> * Search functionality > > >> * Watchlist functionality (for testing) > > >> * A revisit to the design of the edit interface. > > >> > > >> A full changelog for version 0.6 can be found here: > > >> > > >> > > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter#Version_0.6.2C_July_13.2C_2014 > > >> > > >> As usual, feedback is welcomed here: > > >> > > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Winter > > >> > > >> --- > > >> Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation > > >> > > >> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wikitech-l mailing list > > >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > --- > > Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
