I want to suggest that we give Brandon a lot of slack here, and be as supportive as possible.
This is a prototype of a design, which is far better than a mockup of a design. It is not an actual implementation, but that is totally fine. I want to see more of this kind of thing, and by being more supportive and understanding I think we can encourage that. - Trevor On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Brandon Harris <bhar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > As I've said before, it doesn't work in IE. I've only just gained > access to a Windows laptop and I'll see what I can do. > > > On Jul 14, 2014, at 5:55 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Brandon for letting us know about this. Since it will be many > hours > > before I have a chance to make comments elsewhere, I'm going to let you > > know that, using a Win7 platform and IE9, the screen is illegible. All > > writing is in a faint shade of grey (or blue where applicable); text > > overlaps images and infoboxes; and there's massive whitespace to the > right > > of the screen. Because of the very faint text, I can't be certain what's > > supposed to be above the title; however, what is there looks to all be > > crowded over to the right of the screen above the large amount of > > whitespace. > > > > I'll try to grab a screenshot and send it in. > > > > Risker/Anne > > > > On 14 July 2014 01:03, Brandon Harris <bhar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> I have uploaded a new version of the Winter framework/prototype, > >> v. 0.6. > >> > >> http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/winter/ > >> > >> This version has significant changes over 0.5. The entire > >> undercarriage has been refactored into a framework to allow for anyone > to > >> do rapid prototyping within their own copy. The source code has been > >> installed into gerrit, in the form of two depots, one of which is for > >> specialized "modules" that change the way the prototype behaves > >> (snowflakes). > >> > >> Links to the source depots are available at: > >> > >> > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter#The_Winter_Framework > >> > >> This release adds in several major changes: > >> > >> * "Right rail" functionality, designed to surface content > >> * Search functionality > >> * Watchlist functionality (for testing) > >> * A revisit to the design of the edit interface. > >> > >> A full changelog for version 0.6 can be found here: > >> > >> > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter#Version_0.6.2C_July_13.2C_2014 > >> > >> As usual, feedback is welcomed here: > >> > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Winter > >> > >> --- > >> Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation > >> > >> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikitech-l mailing list > >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > --- > Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
