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 > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >
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