https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19120
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Summary: Group and describe skins
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.16-svn
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: User preferences
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: jida...@jidanni.org
In Preferences we see
Skin
Chick (Preview)
Classic (Preview)
Cologne Blue (Preview)
Modern (Preview)
MonoBook (default) (Preview)
MySkin (Preview)
Nostalgia (Preview)
Simple (Preview)
Vector (Preview)
In the file "HISTORY" we see: ..."Chick" skin for mobile devices...
I.e., each skin apparently has different goals. What needs to be done is
somehow getting these goals across to the user, while at the same time
keeping the list tidy.
One method would be tooltips with a blurb about each skin when the mouse
is upon it. However, text browser users need to be able to see the blurbs
too.
Or/and you could group the skins:
Moblie/PDA
Nerdsworth (Preview)
Holmesglug (Preview)
Artistic
Plushwaithe VII (Preview)...
No need to go hog wild like WordPress theme screenshots in their 'dashboard'.
But
at least do add a word or two telling the differences between the skins.
You see the user currently has to click to preview each theme one by one, and
by
the time he gets to the bottom, he has forgotten what the top one looked
like.
Or e.g., mention that they are grouped, say, in order of decreasing
"calorie content", so e.g., users of small devices would try the ones at
the bottom first.
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