Non of the suggested ones (;-))) On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Patricia, > > Appreciate the feedback and testing -- thanks. Not sure why the video > justification did not work first time round --- but as you say, seems to be > working now. > > What browser did you use for testing (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome?) > > Cheers > Wayne > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Patricia Schlicht < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Wayne >> >> I followed the steps and found that after some initial hickups, this works >> fine. I couldn't find anything that didn't resolve when I retried it again >> and repeated the steps. Initially the intro video became off center, so I >> went back, switching from Monobook to Vector Skin and reversed, to see if >> the problem would reoccur, it didn't. Seems fine to me so far. >> Cheers, >> Patricia >> >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> For some time we've been thinking about changing the default skin (the >>> look and feel of the WikiEducator site - see: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin). >>> >>> The Wikimedia Foundation have conducted extensive usability research >>> resulting in the development of the new "Vector" skin. The Vector skin has >>> removed much of the clutter of the standard Monobook skin (the current >>> default skin you see on WikiEducator.) You've gotta love the open source >>> model -- together we all benefit from collaborative improvements. >>> >>> You can preview the new Vector skin by: >>> >>> >>> - Visiting the Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>website >>> (unless you log in to Wikipedia and have another skin as your default) >>> - Changing your preferences to use the Vector skin in WikiEducator >>> (see below). >>> >>> In practice this decision will mean that the default skin will change to >>> the Vector skin. (This will not effect the user preferences of existing >>> users who prefer to use a different skin.) >>> >>> *How you can help* >>> >>> >>> - Over the next two weeks, we request that users (especially our >>> advanced editors) test the new Vector skin and let us know by return >>> post to >>> this list if you're experience any problems. Instructions for changing >>> the >>> skin are provided below. >>> - We will need a little help to revise any screenshots based on the >>> old skin. Please let me know if you can help out with changing the >>> existing >>> screenshots. >>> >>> Assuming there are no major objections or problems resulting from out >>> test period above, I propose that we change our default skin on WikiEducator >>> to Vector. >>> >>> *How to change your skin and assist with testing* >>> >>> >>> - Login to WikiEducator >>> - Go to "My preferences" >>> - Click on the Skin tab >>> - Select the "Vector" option >>> - Click on Save. >>> >>> I think the new skin will have considerable benefits for newbies joining >>> our project. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Wayne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. >>> Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org/> >>> Director, International Centre for Open Education, >>> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >>> Founder and elected Community Council Member, >>> Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20/> >>> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >>> Skype: WGMNZ1 >>> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >>> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >>> To visit the discussion forum: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] > > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org/> > Director, International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Founder and elected Community Council Member, > Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20/> > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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