On 29 June 2010 00:36, Mark Clements (HappyDog) <[email protected]> wrote: > "Gerard Meijssen" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> Hoi, >> Wikimedias development is centred on one skin. This used to be monobook >> and >> it is now vector. The question if a community may elect to be conservative >> / >> retro / different ignores this issue. There will be some effort to >> maintain >> other skins as well but as history has shown, bit rot will creep in. New >> functionality will not be designed to work with other skins. > > Why not? Isn't the whole *point* of a skinning system that users can choose > which skin to use *without* affecting functionality? Otherwise, it's not a > skin, it's a different user interface.
I don't think Vector is just a "different" theme, for the sake of having things that glow and pretty colors. I think is a better theme, and better here means is a better fundation to build things. Going "obsolete" is a luxury. Is possible, if theres enough resources available. -- -- ℱin del ℳensaje. postdata: These that choosed to continue living in caves or on the swamps can't ask to get all the services of the people that has moved to live in brick and mortar houses in a city, next to a river. Is hard to give windows to the people living in caves, and build skyscrappers in the swamps. Ignore this comment if you live in a brick and mortar city. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
