Looks pretty cool! A couple quick notes:

The section edit + dropdown menu only appear on hover; this feels very odd
on a tablet as you have to actively tap to make it appear (on iPad) or it
may not work at all (on Windows 8.1). I like the idea of 'edit' being in
the fixed header that's consistently visible instead...

On small screens like phones I've been seriously considering suggesting we
show a fixed section header -- this sample article has relatively short
sections but many are ....lllloooonnnngggg.... especially in really big
articles. In a small window or on a smaller-screen tablet, those are going
to easily spill larger than a screen height and it may feel odd to scroll
up to find the current section-edit button.

Once you scroll past the menu items, the sidebar seems to be wasted space
especially on a small window. Any plans to have it collapse if the
window/screen size is smaller? Snapping a browser window to half the screen
is *really easy* to do on current Windows and Linux versions, and seems
like something I'd expect people doing research to do.

-- brion



On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Brandon Harris <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>         I’ve made some fairly significant changes to the Static Header/Nav
> Mod prototype.  You can play with it here:
>
>                 http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/navmod/
>
>         Changes below. Note that most icons are placeholders.
>
>         === New Changes ===
>
>         * Added "watch" button to button ribbon
>         * Shadow only appears on scrolling; disappears and turns to solid
> border when not moving.
>         * Added icons to article action elements
>         * Turned "more" action into a single pulldown
>         * Edit buttons now have secondary pull down for additional actions
> (edit source, insert image, etc.)
>         * Section edit link buttons are now standard "white" color until
> hover, where they turn blue.
>         * Targeted sections now have a slight border in addition to light
> color fill
>         * Removed border from Table of Contents
>         * Left aligned TOC header
>         * Search placeholder text is now replaced with article title on
> scroll
>         * All menu items now have icons (placeholders, mostly)
>
>         === Bugfixes ===
>
>         * Fixed issue with hoverstate on H2 sections and striping (set
> background color to transparent rather than white)
>         * Fixed border radius issues with internal button ribbon
>
>
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