Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-16 Thread Richard Farmbrough
Apart from using a vandalized version of [[Pyramid]] and a graphically horrendous capital I, there are some nice elements in a generally good layout. The key improvement needed (and WAP has made this evident to more people) is to stop wasting real estate on more and more nested top bars and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-16 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Richard Farmbrough, 08/16/2012 11:56 AM: The key improvement needed (and WAP has made this evident to more people) is to stop wasting real estate on more and more nested top bars and side bars. Even with a modern 15.2 inch laptop many pages have threir contents squeezed enough by the OS,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-16 Thread David Richfield
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Richard Farmbrough rich...@farmbrough.co.uk wrote: Apart from using a vandalized version of [[Pyramid]] and a graphically horrendous capital I, there are some nice elements in a generally good layout. Looking at their screenshots, it seems as if that horrible

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-16 Thread Nathan
Never having been to design school like Amir, I can't comment on what grade it might get. But I do like it a lot; I think it's a serious improvement over what we use now, and incorporates design principles that we should adopt even if we don't take the design itself. The visual elements, the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-16 Thread Mono
I personally think the Foundation should spend money and time on developing a new interface like this. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Never having been to design school like Amir, I can't comment on what grade it might get. But I do like it a lot; I think it's