One more thing worth considering: The Bootstrap framework is not designed to support as extensive a range of browsers as Vector. [1] "Bootstrap is built to work best in the latest desktop and mobile browsers, meaning older browsers might display differently styled, though fully functional, renderings of certain components." They do not even officially support any Linux browsers, although "Unofficially, Bootstrap should look and behave well enough in Chromium and Chrome for Linux, Firefox for Linux, and Internet Explorer 7". And as far as I can tell, that's true.
And we can still keep Vector or MonoBook available in the preferences so that users behind corporate firewalls who are not allowed to upgrade their IE beyond version 6 have a fallback. [1] http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#support On 17 October 2014 11:58, Stephan Gambke <s7ep...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I plan to maintain the skin for a while yet, not least because I > use it myself. > > I want to finally release a version 1.0 this weekend. Should have done > that a long time ago, but always put it off. There is one major issue > left that I want to fix before, which is the un-responsiveness of the > navbar. Should not be too hard to do, somebody recently sent me some > code I think I can use. :) > > There are some rough edges left, but they are mostly related to > styling of special pages and the like and should be easy to fix > (patches welcome). > > Cheers, > Stephan > > On 17 October 2014 10:40, Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Good idea. Chameleon is great (also because of the nice Bootstrap >> styling that becomes available on all pages). I am using it right now to >> build a site (to be published soon). >> >> A big advantage with Chameleon is that most customizations happen in CSS >> or by inserting HTML into the page through configuration files. so there >> are fewer dependencies on how MW does their skinning in PHP -- assuming >> that Chameleon is always updated to support this properly. >> >> My only concern would be that Chameleon is still classified Beta. It >> would be good to know if we can hope for future support for this if we >> switch now. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Markus >> >> On 16.10.2014 19:52, James HK wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm calling for some opinions on replacing the "old" Vector skin on >>> smw.org with something fresh. Stephan in his relentless pursuit of >>> making MediaWiki more usable to non-Wikipedia users created the >>> Chameleon skin [0] which seems more suitable to those who want to use >>> MW/SMW in different environments. >>> >>> SMW no longer tries to be a product that seeks to fulfil requirements >>> from either WMF or Wikipedia to be used as encyclopaedic semantic >>> content management (that's now the job of Wikidata/Wikibase) therefore >>> using the "Vector" skin somehow appears to be outdated by trying to >>> look like the good old Wikipedia site. >>> >>> Furthermore, MW 1.24 (to be released soon) made some changes on how >>> skins are deployed [1] and it might be a good time to say farewell to >>> the "old" skin and rediscover SMW's identity by changing its >>> appearance. >>> >>> [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Chameleon >>> [1] >>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24#Skins_no_longer_loaded_after_upgrade.3F >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. >>> Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. >>> Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. >>> Take corrective actions from your mobile device. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Semediawiki-user mailing list >>> semediawiki-u...@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. >> Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. >> Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. >> Take corrective actions from your mobile device. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho >> _______________________________________________ >> Semediawiki-devel mailing list >> Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
