I don't really think those things about TOC and external links are a big deal or blockers. They seem pretty nit-picky to me.
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Quiddity <[email protected]> wrote: > First, the happy feedback: > The Thumbnail styles are currently being discussed at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VPT#New_image_thumb_design > Onwiki feedback, and further ideas, encouraged! > > > On 14-03-28 05:02 PM, Steven Walling wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Jon Robson wrote: >> >> 3) Submit each of these as patches to Gerrit (unless there are any >> complaints) >> >> >> This is my suggestion. >> >> Some of these are pretty uncontroversial, like the TOC and the external >> links change (which is a performance improvement and not a single beat >> tester said anything negative about). Others of these require more >> thought, like the thumbnail style and the blockquote styles. The easy >> ones should just be iterated on a bit, and each submitted as patches >> separately to discuss and potentially merge. >> > > > The ToC changes were not uncontroversial. > > * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Typography_refresh/ > Archive_2#TOC_broken > * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Typography_refresh/ > Archive_2#I_don.27t_like_the_minimalist_styling > > The lack of bullet points becomes a problem when linewrap occurs, eg. > http://i.imgur.com/uBpLLuZ.png vs http://i.imgur.com/RI9ZSBL.png > > The lack of numbers will cause issues for the 31,636[1] users who have the > "Auto-number headings" userpreference enabled at Enwiki (plus more > elsewhere). > > I still suggest using this code, which results in this look: > http://i.imgur.com/k3ipFKz.png > * Tweak Table of Contents boxes, to have smaller grey numbers and > dot-suffixes */ > .tocnumber:after, .mw-headline-number:after { content: "." } > .tocnumber, .mw-headline-number { font-size: 80% !important; color:#333 > !important;} > > Or, at minimum, move the ToC-numbering into the code for the "Auto-number > headings" preference (a logical home), and just use bulletpoints for the > default, as lists generally do. Style them however wanted, but we need > /something/. > > [1] https://trello.com/c/tIsqX5LB/123-numberheadings-research-for-nick > > ----- > > The external link icon changes are not uncontroversial. > > nb. This is related to: http://i.imgur.com/VU0Ezcn.png (current vs > Typography refresh/VectorBeta) > > This was last discussed here http://lists.wikimedia.org/ > pipermail/design/2013-October/001039.html (my post, mid-way in thread) > and the only thing there seemed to be consensus on was: replacing the > yellow https icon with either the blue-colored one or the plain external > link one. > > I think the Principle of Least Astonishment applies to many of those > ext-link icons, such as the media links which might trigger the > auto-playing of a loud audio sample. Definitely some of them are ripe for > removal (such as "news:"; links), but not all, and it's worth discussing > them properly before deciding. > > Where is the current CSS code for this stored? (both gitblit and/or onwiki) > > and how cross-wiki is the complexity? > (ie. are there local CSS files at dozens of wikis which might have > different icons? All I can find easily is the linked Italian one > https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiuto:Icone_dei_link_esterni > > Would "Merging" icons/rules also be a possibility and helpful for reducing > CSS payload size? e.g. 1 "media" icon, instead of 2 for "audio" and "video" > > Sidenote mostly for interest/comparison: Monobook (& Modern) uses a > different set of icons: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:External_ > link_icons&useskin=monobook > > *TL;DR*: I'm 110% in favour of replacing the yellow padlock with the blue > padlock. The rest should probably be split out, and given a brief > discussion onwiki, listing pros & cons. > I'd personally strongly support some changes, and weakly oppose other > changes. > > > --Quiddity > > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/
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