Hi, Maybe some other opinions?
Thanks, Caty On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > As part of the 6.0 Roadmap we have as entry the creation/integration of a > new Skin inside XWiki. > > Currently there are 2 proposals for the new skin: > Flamingo http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/Skin4x > Junco http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/JuncoSkin > > = Similarities = > * Both skins have been done using the Twitter's Bootstrap framework ( > http://getbootstrap.com) > * Both skin are thus responsive > > = Differences = > * Flamingo is just a proposal, while Junco is an extension. > The difference is that while for Flamingo I have just a prototype, Junco > is functional and installable (with some integration problems/dependencies > discussed in another thread). The difference matter just from a development > time perspective (if we choose Flamingo it will take longer to implement). > > * Flamingo provides a new look while Junco offers 'Themes', one of themes > being very similar to Colibri, see > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Junco+Skin#HTheme:Colibri > This vote mail is about this difference. What to consider: > > A. Freshness > Advantages of Flamingo is that its interface is centered around > Applications (it has a new left panel used for navigation). It will provide > a visual difference from Colibri and looks more similar to current > applications found in the wild. > Advantages of Junco is that it provides Themes. Junco's Themes are very > similar to our current ColorThemes, the difference is that they can change > also the font used, the colors and can also add some esthetic effects > (gradients, borders, shadows, etc. - CSS effects) to Bootstrap's components > (buttons, navbars, alerts, tables, etc.). But except minor changes, the > layout is similar to Colibri. Improvement consist in using refreshed style > for font, forms, buttons, messages, etc. > > B. Extensions Integration > One of the reasons I choose to make Junco similar to Colibri was > extensions integration. The advantage of XWiki is that you can extend it > how you like. The problem is that because the extensions are developed by > our community (and not by a single entity) each application is providing > it's own style. On extensions.xwiki.org we have applications that provide > an unique style, while others are build around and for Colibri. Adding a > new skin with a different style (like Flamingo) will make current > extensions not look unitary. This problem is more general than just this > Colibri/Junco/Flamingo discussion and it the problem of having extensions > that adapt to the skin used (without creating special versions for each > skin). > Junco was created to look similar to Colibri (preserving layout, style, > colors) while updating the 'back-end' (created on Bootstrap, it will put at > developer's disposal the Bootstrap's guide style and components). One of > the reasons we are having this extensions 'incompatibility' is because we > are lacking visual standards and guides (maybe using the ones provided by > Bootstrap can improve this area - I will send a separate mail about the CSS > Framework selection). > So from the style standards perspective having Junco integrated first > could represent a transition step between our current Colibri and a new > skin with a different look, because the developers might use Bootstrap > style/structure guides in their extension development (not guaranteed). > > C. Parallel skin support > Another advantage of Junco is that (by having the same layout) is using > the same templates as Colibri. Having just a set of templates to maintain > is very important from a development perspective especially if your > development resources are limited. This is one of the reasons XWiki is not > supporting multiple default skins. > Flamingo will need some templates changed, so important from a development > time and maintenance perspective. > > So this vote is about: > 1. Keep Colibri's current look which is supported by the Junco skin, or > 2. Have another look for 6.x which is proposed in the Flamingo skin > > Thanks, > Caty > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
