Hello, +1 for Bootstrap-based skin or something close to this.
Thanks, Benjamin -- <http://xwiki.com> *Benjamin Lanciaux* *Marketing Communications Manager* [email protected] tel: +33 (0)1 45 42 40 90 skype: benjaminxwiki 2016-03-02 17:15 GMT+01:00 Eduard Moraru <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Benjamin Lanciaux < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hello devs, > > >> > > >> I have a suggestion about the CKeditor layout. > > >> > > >> I’ve found this skin: http://ckeditor.com/addon/office2013 > > >> > > >> I think it would be really great if we could have it for the XE > CKeditor > > >> for various reasons: > > >> > > >> > > > > > >> - it appears (to me) that this is more modern than what we have in > > the > > >> current version > > >> > > > > > > I don't find it more modern. 2013 is 3 years ago :) > > > > > > > > >> - most of the basic/end users are used to Microsoft Office editor, > > they > > >> are familiar with it > > >> > > > > > > Any stats to prove this? :) But even if this is the case, CKEditor is > not > > > a word processor and wiki pages are not office documents. I don't think > > our > > > users need a Microsoft Word clone. > > > > > > - in terms of communication, this can help promoting XWiki > Enterprise, > > >> showing that the community is taking into account end users’ needs. > > >> > > > > > > If the community votes for this then I'm ok with that, but you should > > take > > > into account that this skin is an add-on provided by an individual ( > > > http://ckeditor.com/users/danya.postfactum) and thus is not supported > by > > > the CKEditor development team. I don't know how quickly the author will > > be > > > available to fix the issues we may encounter on various browsers (do > you > > > know which browsers are supported?) and to update the skin to work with > > > newer versions of CKEditor. If you check the compatibility table you'll > > see > > > that at the moment we don't know for sure if it works fine with > CKEditor > > > 4.5.x which we use. > > > > > > > > I would rather add support for packaging CKEditor skins as XWiki > Extensions > > and allow users to install a new skin and to configure the editor to use > > it. > > > > +1 > > Choosing defaults is always dangerous and hard to get right. When it comes > to taste, it`s best to let users decide in their own instances, through > configuration. > > > Even so, I also agree with the fact that the default CK skin does not > exactly fit the glove with the current default skin we use in XWiki (which > is bootstrap based). I would rather be +1 to use the bootstrap inspired CK > skin with the hopes of achieving a consistent look an feel. I think I > prefer it to be a bit "bland", but consistent and in the same spirit as the > rest of the UI, than make it stand out unnecessarily and "poke you in the > eye" :). > > Of course, it would be even more awesome if we could make it work with > FlamingoThemes, as Guillaume was suggesting for the office skin, since it > would be the ultimate match (at least it would sound like it :) ), but I`m > really not familiar with the CK editor and the implications of doing this. > > Another option could even be to fork it ourselves (whichever one we choose) > if it can not be configured in its current form, since I doubt such a theme > is a complex beast that needs maintenance from its creators. > > Thanks, > Eduard > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Marius > > > > > > > > >> > > >> I’m looking forward to your feedback on this. > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> -- > > >> > > >> <http://xwiki.com> > > >> *Benjamin Lanciaux* > > >> *Marketing Communications Manager* > > >> [email protected] > > >> tel: +33 (0)1 45 42 40 90 > > >> skype: benjaminxwiki > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> devs mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
