https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/150464 Fixes captcha
PS. Are we aware account creation is impossible without JavaScript on
desktop (on mobile it is fine..)..?


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Jon Robson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Steven
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Steven Walling <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In the interest of closer collaboration, Jon and Matt have merged a patch to
>> upstream new mw-ui-input styles, which I believe originated in Flow. It's at
>> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/149173/
>>
>> I'm glad we merged this sooner rather than later, since it means there are
>> fewer Flow-specific overrides on top of mediawiki.ui and it forces us to
>> have a cross-team discussion. However, with the new input styles going out
>> on desktop search, log in, and create account there are some design issues
>> we need to resolve.
>
> Yes, I'm sure there will be some teething problems but right now I
> think getting our teams using standard UI elements and site
> consistency should be the top priority.
>
>>
>> This appears to have caused a regression, where the CAPTCHA input field on
>> create account is not styled correctly. It's now way too small for the
>> container.
> I'm working on a fix as we speak.
>
>> We now have multiple indicator styles showing up. In form fields, the blue
>> bar on the left appears. On elements like page links and checkboxes, the
>> softer blue outline appears. This mixed experience is distracting.
>
> Can you give some example pages of this?
>
>> The left-aligned blue bar is way too close to the cursor, and makes it
>> harder to see where it is. In an RTL language like Hebrew, the blue bar
>> overlaps entirely with the cursor.
>
> I will let designers comment on that
>
>>
>> You can see all of these by checking out the relevant forms on Beta Labs
>> right now. You can see the previous forms on English Wikipedia, or via the
>> style guide (which hasn't been updated yet):
>
> Please please please someone find a way to auto-update this. This is
> supposed to be a living style guide and that's embarrassing :) Any
> takers?
>
> On a side note: whether we decide to stick with the design or not, we
> only now need to change it in one place and I think that's awesome.
>
> PS. Please make mediawiki ui checkboxes happen:
> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/149121/ it would be great to have
> BetaFeatures, core and other extensions using the same checkbox
> element!



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