RFC: Should Wikipedia return to Vector 2010 as the default skin?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)

by bmn__ • 4 years ago

5 3 4 years ago

en.wikipedia.org

ttctciyf• 4 years ago

Maybe the url should be[0]

Personally, I set up my browser so that the font and colour choices of the site design gurus mostly have no effect (starting with: settings -> font -> advanced -> untick "Allow pages to choose their own fonts ... ") so I don't care so long as they don't get aggressively overdesigned to the point of me having to use reader mode.

Why so much monetary and intellectual resource is spent on useless fiddling with fonts and colours on webpages I suspect I will never fully understand.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(propos...

bmn__• 4 years ago

I submitted the URL with the fragment, HN removed it. Great job, treating me like child.

vermarish• 4 years ago

The sticky table of contents on the left is wonderful, but I think proportionally equivalent whitespace on the right is what throws my eyes off. Wikipedia is not Medium; creating a linear narrative reading experience is not nearly as important as being able to skim through an article for highlights and figures. Now with all the whitespace, the pages are so much taller that you have to scroll and scroll just to see what's going on.

I do admit that decreasing the information density does encourage users to read every word of the introduction, which I usually tend to skip over. Hopefully the Wiki community manages to settle on a design with the best of both sides.

RFC: Should Wikipedia return to Vector 2010 as the default skin?

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