https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51912
--- Comment #29 from MZMcBride <b...@mzmcbride.com> --- Re-quoting comment 0: > Wikipedia's visual identity should be distinct. It need not be obnoxiously > and loudly distinct. It is probably sufficient to apply a subtle, non-default > styling to a prominent UI element, like changing the color of the Vector > sidebar to a slightly different shade of grey. After giving it some thought, I think this is bullshit. Perhaps in a world where every user is the ideal user (competent, attentive, using decent computer equipment, etc.), subtly changing the sidebar color would work. But people, real people, barely understand what Wikipedia is. They have no idea who Vector is or what a MediaWiki is. As far as they're concerned, "Wikimedia" is a typo for "Wikipedia". And most of them have bad eyes or bad computer monitors, so the sidebar blends in to the page content. This is to say: for the people who can distinguish a URL bar and the logo, any subtle change won't help; for everyone else, any subtle change won't help. That leaves us with a non-subtle change. I don't really want to pursue that. Perhaps there are specific, actionable items that can come from this bug, but as far as I'm concerned, at the moment, I'd consider it invalid. This isn't to say that every idea here is bad or shouldn't be pursued. We should definitely make it easier to customize the skin (echoing Trevor in comment 4 and Jared in comment 25), but I don't currently see much path for growth in this bug report. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
