Difference between revisions of "NewSkin"

Note: the project has been moved from here to NewSkinProject so that this page can be used to collect observations, errors, and ideas.

Hello Team!

So this page will be the base for all your notes, concerns, comments, problems, gripes, screenshots, errors and other ramblings about the "beta" skin.

On taking notes

If and when you find an error or something that doesn't "seem right," please note the following information:

• What happened? Which page on AboutUs did you notice this on?
• What is your Operating System (e.g., Windows, Windows XP, Windows 98, Mac OSX, Linux, ...)?
• What browser are you using (e.g., Internet Explorer 6.0, Internet Explorer 7.0, FireFox, Safari, ...)?
• Are you logged in to AboutUs?
• Which area of the page did it happen in? Below is a screenshot from Firefox with some area names labeled to make this easier to report.

All Browser Platforms

• When i click "move", the rest of the toolbar disappears.
  • This is how Monobook works, and is standard MediaWiki functionality. This may change if desired.
• Google maps extension doesn't render under OS X/Firefox & Safari see User:John Stanton
  • It doesn't render at all! yikes!
• Because of the locations of the "flag" button and the "useful links" menu, I find that I often overshoot the flag with my pointer and the useful links drops down, covering up the flag. Is there any way one or both of these could be moved so this doesn't happen? TedErnst | User talk:TedErnst 13:35, 5 September 2007 (PDT)
• In my personal tools area my name is really small and brown and "My Talk" is large but also brown. I think both are supposed to be large and orange. Also the little blank person icon doesn't show up next to my name. Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6
  • I think this is an overall problem with the skin and OpenID logins. --Vinh Nguyen
• Google searching doesn't work.
• My username is in all lower case. Nathan ^(talk) 17:44, 5 September 2007 (PDT)
  • Mine too. Must be by design. I'm not sure I like it.

IE6 on Windows

• Please refer to my notes below regarding problems between the newskin and portal formats.--DaughertyBw 19:07, 6 September 2007 (PDT)

IE7 on Windows

Netscape on Windows

• When pages are resized and browser windows are adjusted, the content footer doesn't render as nicely as it should. The two divs don't evenly fill out the entire space.

Firefox on Windows

Safari on Windows

• Safari has one slight problem rendering the content footer with enough padding. This isn't detrimental, purely visual.
• The content action icons show an what looks to be an extra pixel of info.

FireFox on OSX

• The something seems to be messing the "section edit" links up on some pages. See RockProperties.com, Loofie.com and CompraWifi.com for an example. All the links for the section edits are stacked at the bottom of the page. It's possible maybe that somehow the missing logo is causing this (seems like the common thread with all these pages), but it's an issue for sure.
  • This looks like it may be a problem with the DomainBox CSS. From what I can tell so far, if you float an image left, and probably anything else, the links go awry. Floating right or center do not, however, cause any problems.
  • I've handled the above section by moving the edit links. Floats were disturbing their peace.
• Firebug reports error "document.searchbarform.auSearch has no properties" on any pageload. Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R2218) Darwin 8.10.1 Safari Version 2.0.4 (419.3)
• On my watchlist, the bold is a bit subtle. It's not easy to tell which pages I've already viewed and which I haven't. TedErnst | talk 23:17, 5 September 2007 (PDT)
• When I put "JoyOfMovement.com" in the search bar, I get a blank page and this url: http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAboutUsSearch2&searchfield=joyofmovement.com TedErnst | talk 18:00, 6 September 2007 (PDT)

Safari on OSX

• In my personal tools area my name is really small and brown and "My Talk" is large but also brown. I think both are supposed to be large and orange. Also the little blank person icon doesn't show up next to my name. Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R2218) Darwin 8.10.1 Safari Version 2.0.4 (419.3)
• "useful links" in PageActionsArea shows up immediately after "move" on the left rather than next to my personal tools on the right. Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R2218) Darwin 8.10.1 Safari Version 2.0.4 (419.3)

Safari on the iPhone

Things to test in your browser

• Search functionality (with Google search)
• Adult Category flagging
• Pages with Google maps (try User:John Stanton)
• Your talk page, user contributions, watchlist, and preferences
• Various other special pages

First Review

Ok so I have changed preferences to the new skin and these are some of the things I found:

• The graphics are incredible! I like the way the Edit button is easy to see as well as the color scheme!
• Every feature seemed to work properly and correctly,
• I especially like the "animated" graphics such as the closing eye with "watch"
• I didnt like how it reformatted the Portal Pages. this may be a problem if users are able to switch between them in the future.
• On my personal page It cuts off the right side a little making it difficult to see the menu.

I think it definately livens up the pages and seems more user friendly. Especially as mentioned before the "edit" feature. Thanks for allowing me to include my input and I will look forward to the development teams continuing progress.! Bryan Daugherty

what i am seeing

Regarding the portal type pages..

• with the default skin
  
• with the newskin
  
• I am using MIE version 6.0

Simon's Notes

I like everything, and haven't seen any problems yet. Two things I would like changed for my own personal preference.

• Move the edit links on pages back to where they were on the right side of the page.
• The grass, atleast part of it in the top left, if it could be clickable to go to the homepage. I'm so use to to clicking there.
• The usefull links is too hard to use, I liked it better when it was part of left nav (now right nav) --Simon | talk 18:40, 5 September 2007 (PDT)

Joey's Notes

• I agree with Simon about the useful links being hard to use. It's not so bad with a mouse, but I've hit the wrong link several times when using the touch pad on my laptop.
• The links in the footer are a little hard to see because they blend in with the background a bit. Could they be changed to a color that doesn't blend in so much? --Joey 19:24, 5 September 2007 (PDT)

MB's Review

I have played with it and tested it for flags and seems to be no problems. I am not fussy about the "useful Links". If I am not so new to the internet, I would not know where a lot of links I want like Home are. It is so small and seems so unimportant. I agree with Simon about these links. Better on the Right Nav--Master Baitor 18:39, 5 September 2007 (PDT)

Another annoying thing is where the useful links are. If you go to flag a site and you put the mouse a little to high as you move, the drop down happens. --Master Baitor 21:29, 5 September 2007 (PDT)

Ward's Observations

Screen shot showing how image and skin overlap in unexpected ways. My preference would be that the image squeeze with the window, if that is possible.

I like the new look a lot, and especially the colors. Here are some observations of things that can probably be improved.

• Image and skin overlap in unexpected way when viewing the image page for uploaded image. See thumb. Page in question is here.

• Can we fit the Ads into the skin's color scheme? They need to look like they belong. If their color scheme is shared between old and new, I'd rather see the new look good at the expense of the old.

Bigger Tabs

I like the colors and the placement of the user box on the right. (not sure what your calling it?) I find myself hunting for the tabs- article, history- granted I have a rather small screen. I am not use to useful links and in general would appreciate the font being a wee larger. Initial thoughts as I am not use to it, but these are the things that stand out. Seems to work well in Camino Kasey 14:19, 6 September 2007 (PDT)