IANA "grid expert", but I think it would be a huge missed opportunity not
to let this be used for content. It could be a great help with pages like
Portals, which are currently reliant on loads of inline styles for layout,
or worse, tables.

Peter


On 2 June 2014 15:39, C. Scott Ananian <[email protected]> wrote:

> A grid system for content authors would be useful as well.  There have
> been some discussions about better semantic markup for image widths
> and placement as part of the change to image thumbnail sizing which
> landed last week and was reverted yesterday.
>
> This doesn't seem to be included in the current RfC (which seems to
> concentrate on features for skin authors) -- do the "grid experts"
> think that discussion of how this might be used in content would be
> on-topic for the discussion tonight?  [7pm Boston time, somehow Sumana
> left out the east coast from her list! ;) ]
>   --scott
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:14 AM, Sumana Harihareswara
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Later today, at 2300 UTC, we'll be in #wikimedia-office discussing Pau
> > Giner's grid system RfC.
> > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Grid_system "to
> simplify
> > the creation of user interfaces and make them ready for multiple screen
> > sizes."
> > Check out the new patchset https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/133683/
> >
> > "It makes the log-in form responsive (adjusting layout, typography and
> > visibility to the current screen size). It does not leverage all the
> > potential of responsive design, but may be useful as a demo to help the
> > reviewers."
> >
> > This is at a time meant to make it easier for Australia and China to
> > participate.
> >
> >
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=23&min=00&sec=0&day=02&month=06&year=2014
> >
> > Sydney: Tuesday 9am
> > Beijing: Tuesday 7am
> > San Francisco: Monday 4pm
> >
> > I'm sorry for the late announcement of this one; for the next several
> weeks
> > I'll be haranguing authors to help me get discussions set up a few weeks
> in
> > advance. :)
> >
> > More:
> >
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_meetings/RFC_review_2014-06-02
> >
> > Sumana Harihareswara
> > Engineering Community Manager
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
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> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/engineering
> >
>
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