Skin talk:Timeless/Archive 1

Thanx U very much for your skin ;) Anonimous user 10:56, 17 Feb 2017 (UTC+3)

Thanks for this skin, Isarra. It's beautiful! NiharikaKohli (talk) 02:11, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Visual Editor support
Hi, thanks for the best skin for mediawiki. But i have question, can it be edited to work with visual editor?

Well i made progress here: https://github.com/ElNovi/mediawiki-skins-Timeless

Formatting on search page.
I don't know if anyone else will come across this, but I was getting some weird formatting on the search page.



I was however able to get this fixed (at least for now) by editing /w/resources/src/mediawiki.special/mediawiki.special.search.css.

Specifically this; .mw-search-results { margin-left: 0.4em; float: left; }

Changed to; .mw-search-results { margin-left: 0.4em; float: center; }

Now it displays like this:



Just putting this here in case anyone else comes across this issue.

Y'all should sign your posts.
Also, like, thanks and stuff. I've filed bugs for all of the mentioned bugs. Sorry I didn't see this sooner; I kind of abandoned the entire thing for awhile there. -— Isarra ༆ 05:12, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * You could turn on Flow for this page. Then all the things are signed. :) Sam Wilson 00:10, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Hover menus
Speaking of something I noticed when trying it out here: https://simple.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Baseball_uniform?useskin=timeless

Hover menus like that require skilled mouse pointing/usage, which can prove difficult for people with hand mobility issues or who don't fully master mouse usage yet (eg. young children, people who are new to computers, etc.). Since the hover areas aren't links themselves, you could mitigate that problem by making hover menus stick open if one clicks on the area that triggers the hover menu at the moment. Subsequently trying to click on the links the menu contains, with the menu stuck open, becomes less difficult because accidentally hovering outside no longer closes the menu.

There are probably other solutions, but as it stands, this kind of hover menu can create frustration for people who already have a frustrating web browsing experience where clicking on a link that doesn't move is already a challenge, let alone one that is conditionally visible.

Also, I don't know how well that hover menu would interact with screen readers, that probably needs testing.

--GDubuc (WMF) (talk) 08:26, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Feedback
This skin has got several features I have been thinking about for years. Well done, ! However, there are a few improvements I would humbly like to suggest: Anyway, congratulations for your work so far!--Erasmo Barresi (talk) 23:19, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Looking at a page like this, one sees too many colors. The colors of the links and images are inevitable. Nor do I mind the colored horizontal line under the search box (although one color might be better than three, I don't know), but the red and the blue under the headings are definitely superfluous.
 * Headings of different levels are too similar in size.
 * I think that "site functions" and "page functions" should be appropriately differentiated. They are not differentiated in the current Vector skin, but this could be a major area of improvement. It would not be bad, for example, to have all "site functions" in the left sidebar and all "page functions" on the right. You could try moving "Print/export", as well as all the "Wiki tools" except "Upload file" and "Special pages", to the right; the result may be interesting.

I see on your userpage that you are also creating less "serious" skins, which better suit certain kinds of non-Wikimedia projects. The suggestions I give above, especially the one about the colors, are specifically intended for the kind of work we do here at Wikimedia projects. So they may or may not interest you, depending on the scope you want your skin to have.--Erasmo Barresi (talk) 23:26, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Compatibility
Seems to work with MW 1.27.3 other experiences?RichardHeigl (talk) 14:08, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm using it in 1.29 and it works well, as far as I can tell Txantimedia (talk) 22:29, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Font needs improvemnt
Somehow the font used by this skin is bad. After a couple of minutes I get a headache probably since it is pretty blurry and small. I think it will be better to use the same font as for the Vector skin. I am using the skin an a regular PC with 1920 x 1080. Cheers --&#91;&#91;kgh&#93;&#93; (talk) 22:35, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Grant proposal: Post-deployment support for Timeless and stuff
Note, I've submitted a grant proposal on meta to better address all the work needed on Timeless.

Also, separate note, I do appreciate all the issues/questions people are bringing up here and do plan to properly address them as well when I can. I'm not just ignoring you, I swear. -— Isarra ༆ 19:50, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Can I help?
I love the Timeless skin. It's way better than the defaults. If I can help track down bugs, I'm willing to do so. I'm not a programmer, but I can read and understand code somewhat, and I can track things down pretty well. One thing I'm having trouble with is a custom button in WikiEditor appears randomly. Sometimes it's there when you open edit. Sometimes I have to reload the page repeatedly before it shows up. I don't think this is a problem related to the Timeless skin, but perhaps it is. Txantimedia (talk) 22:29, 17 October 2017 (UTC)