On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 6:14 AM, Gryllida <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, at 16:59, Steven Walling wrote: >> I think you'll be able to see it with >> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/nyregion/christie-aide-tied-to-bridge-lane-closings.html?_r=0 >> >> This is quite interesting, since we've talked about similar redesigns >> involving elements they use here, such as... >> >> - Fully unifying the design across tablets, desktop, etc. >> - Fixed header >> - More use of dropdowns (like the "hamburger" menu from mobile) to >> collapse cluttered menus >> - Much tighter column width >> >> Other elements that I think are interesting and new to us are... >> >> - Putting the comments in a column alongside the content directly, when >> opened >> - Variable type sizing (see the cog icon for settings) >> - Content recommendations in a carousel at the top of the page > > Here I'll stop and kindly ask such design to die as it's wasting my precious > screen space. Please and thank you. >
Trading screen space for legibility doesn’t sound that bad, it’s actually a good thing. From what I understand the carousel is only displayed at the top of the page and disappears or is minified when scrolling down. >> - Navigating in a category of pages using left and right swiping. >> (Personally I think they will regret this one. People hate it so.) >> >> -- >> Steven Walling, >> Product Manager >> https://wikimediafoundation.org/ -- Denis Moyogo Jacquerye African Network for Localisation http://www.africanlocalisation.net/ Nkótá ya Kongó míbalé --- http://info-langues-congo.1sd.org/ DejaVu fonts --- http://www.dejavu-fonts.org/ _______________________________________________ Design mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design
