This is awesome. I love the user drop-down menu especially. My only
criticism is that there is no visual distinction between the content and
the interface. I would prefer for the content to stand out in some way.
Otherwise the page looks somewhat busy and disorganized.

Ryan Kaldari


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
>
>
>         Here’s your changelog:
>
> == Changes, January 20 ==
> * New code name: Winter
> * System now prompts for a user name upon load and will optionally save
> the value.
> ** This sets up the personal bar to be, well, personal.
> ** This action ''DOES NOT'' log the user into Wikipedia.
> ** Saved data can be cleared from the sidebar.
>
> * Searchbox now drops text on focus and replaces it on blur
> * Searchbox now has a hover state with invitation text.
> * Searchbox icon now turns blue on focus
> * Logo now snaps to white background when in locked position.
> * Sidebar is now white by default, with a grey border that fades out when
> all items in the sidebar are out of view.
> * The Table of Contents now appears in the header of the page from the
> beginning
> ** (Previous versions of Winter had the ToC only appear there after the
> in-page Table of Contents rolled off-screen)
> * Article actions now dock in the header when they scroll out of view
> (iconfied).
> * Added tipsy behaviors.
> * Fixed issue with search box positioning.
> * Added pencil icons to section edit buttons
> * Section edit buttons now are visible at all times but do not have
> borders.
> ** On hover, they turn blue.
> * Changed section edit hover transition from 'linear' to 'ease'
> * Added footer section
> * Added "categories" box in example article
> * Added "Typography" toggle in sidebar.  Activating it turns on:
> ** An approximation of restricted measure
> * References have returned
> * Built a JSON parser into the demo so that different pages can be loaded
> via the API.
> * Language links are now slotted into the sidebar.
> * System correctly recognizes when it's looking at ''User'' content (User:
> and User_talk:) and adds icons and functionality as required
> * Handles contributions (sort of - buggy)
>
> === Known Issues ===
> * Contributions views:
> ** Timestamps don't sort right
> ** Comment fields are not correctly parsed from wikitext to html
> ** Size changes are not correctly reflected
> * Redlinks do not work
> * System does not handle 404 loads correctly (fails silently, requires
> reload)
> * Internal hash URLs don't scroll correctly
> * Some buttons don't go away when they should
> * Loading from JSON breaks the nice little "section hover" stuff.
>
>
>
> ---
> Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation
>
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