Ehm, has accessibility been taken into account with this design ? Quoting
WebAIM: "Always use native HTML markup to provide the necessary semantic
content and meaning, then use CSS to enhance and change the default styles."

I can't fully tell from just looking that the patches.

DJ

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Arcane 21 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the clarification.
>
> I think the idea (as you explained it) sounds great, hope you guys can get
> it working. :)
>
> > From: [email protected]
> > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:06:11 -0800
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] [BREAKING CHANGE] Plans to move Cite
> configuration from wikitext messages to CSS styles
> >
> > On 16 December 2014 at 21:07, Arcane 21 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > At the risk of sounding stupid, does this mean other wikis will need a
> > > Parsoid instance to use this extension, or is this simply being tested
> in a
> > > Parsoid environment and it's just using CSS instead of wikitext for
> > > rendering? If the former, not a fan of the idea at all. If the latter,
> > > awesome, sounds like a great idea.
> > >
> >
> > ​The latter; this has become a pressing need for faithful replication of
> > expected styles​ for pages rendered using Parsoid, but we'll do this in
> > both the "regular" Cite extension and the current re-implementation of it
> > inside Parsoid. They will share the styling so that it will just work.
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm still confused on the exact details of how this will work, so I'd
> > > appreciate clarification.
> > >
> >
> > ​Right now we've not yet confirmed that we can entirely replicate all the
> > features and configurations that people are using in Cite via the
> existing
> > messages in the new​ CSS system. This is mostly a "please help and/or
> tell
> > us if we're crazy" e-mail. :-)
> >
> > ​J.
> > --
> > James D. Forrester
> > Product Manager, Editing
> > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> >
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