On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Jared Zimmerman < [email protected]> wrote:
> Looking good, some feedback… > > > - I think we should explore putting Watch and TOC together, or at > least associating them more closely. > - tipsy being to the left of, covers the other icons, I'm not sure if > we even need it, perhaps we could just rely on regular browser tooltips. > - I think that moving the TOC icon over should be animated, currently > the snap makes me look up, and is a bit distracting, the opposite of what > we want. > - I think we can kill the in-line TOC > > That would be problematic. It would: - Make it impossible to get a sense of the article structure, at a glance. (eg. Enwiki's WP:Features article criteria 2b<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FA%3F>and any good FA example.) - Change the process for getting to a subheading, from 1-move-and-click to 2-moves-and-2-clicks > > - You can't currently scroll the TOC flyout > - Idea : highlight the current section in the TOC flyout > - when language list is not collapsable the left sidebar take a long > time to go away > > Pau's proposal should solve that. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/New_Features#Better_Interlanguage_Links > - Placeholder text and user input is not aligned with each other in > search box > > > > > > > *Jared Zimmerman * \\ Director of User Experience \\ Wikimedia > Foundation > M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmerman<https://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman> > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:11 PM, May Tee-Galloway <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Added my comments on mediawiki. >> >> @Steven: >> >> No matter how much anyone doesn't like the globe including myself, it's a >> huge part of Wikipedia's brand like you mentioned and shouldn't be wiped >> out just for the sake of our personal preference. We should improve and not >> trash it. Even if we trashed it and replaced with something else, we still >> need SOMETHING people can relate to in regards to the project. Why do this >> when people already relate the globe as Wikipedia. Wabi sabi wasabi man. >> >> mm >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Steven Walling >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Brandon Harris >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hello! >>>> >>>> I’ve been making a thing. It’s actually got a code-name now! >>>> No more saying “Vector static header and navigation modification”. >>>> >>>> LOTS of stuff going on with this update. Notably: >>>> >>>> * Now asks for a username on load, so as to set things >>>> up >>>> * All pages are loaded from the API via JSON. So it’s >>>> not just the single static page. >>>> * Got rid of pretty much every color. >>>> * Article actions now dock in the header as you scroll. >>>> * Table of Contents is now in the header from the >>>> beginning >>>> * The sidebar’s border goes away as you scroll past it >>>> * Lots of links/actions do what you think they should. >>>> Most do not. >>>> >>>> You can play with it here: http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/winter/ >>>> >>>> And read more about it here: >>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter >>>> >>> >>> \o/ >>> >>> The search prototype is great, and so are the improvements to the >>> toolbar, particularly the relation between the TOC and the way the page >>> actions slide out on scrolldown. I can't wait to see this as a beta >>> feature. >>> >>> Some very small things: >>> >>> - I realize the icons are mostly placeholders, but the user contribs one >>> is seriously confusing. It looks like there are two edit buttons when you >>> scroll down. >>> - I think the main edit button at the top should not be the quiet state >>> from mw-ui. There is very little use of color on the skin now, so it's not >>> like we're overwhelming things. We need to stop being afraid to make a few >>> things LOUDER, particularly since in this prototype we're removing some >>> color (like the Vector borders). >>> - The line underneath the page title h1 is a different thickness (and >>> color?) than the other borders. It's mildly annoying. >>> >>> And one bigger thing... The lack of the puzzle globe when scrolling. I >>> know you hate the puzzle globe and so do many of our designers. But it's a >>> key part of our identity, and it's also a really nice large target for >>> "home" on desktop. Thinking of this as a potential future default look, >>> splitting the logo and wordmark on every page like that is a serious >>> change. We should have a larger conversation about it I think internally. >>> Either we do think the globe is an important part of our brand or we don't. >>> If we think it's so unimportant as to remove it on scroll, then that has >>> pretty wide implications for our branding I think. >>> >>> Winter is coming, (I couldn't resist the Game of Thrones reference.) >>> >>> -- >>> Steven Walling, >>> Product Manager >>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Design mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > >
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