User:Aron Manning

Future directions and the Medium Term Plan
January 18, 2020 – Research essay: Which modern, reactive web framework to choose for the new decade: Vue or React?

MediaWiki skin theming: mild and dark modes
See mw:User:Aron Manning/Skin themes for details and usage. Mild and dark mode css overlay for Timeless and Vector skins (so far). Work in progress.
 * Easily customizable color palette through ca. 30 css variables.
 * Includes a few layout optimizations: full-width Timeless skin and thin (one-line) header bar for Vector, MediaViewer scrolling and metadata.
 * Note: Custom background colors hardcoded in templates and wikitext make those areas unreadable in dark mode (bright text on bright background). Rules for these are added on a case-by-case basis. Mild mode is readable in such cases.

Desktop UI (skin) improvements

 * 1) Desktop Improvements vision
 * 2)  Choose expressive icons for the header buttons
 * 3)  Evaluate the feasibility and impact of restoring font-size to the browser default / user setting
 * 4)  Make use of common monospace fonts created for developers (source code typography)
 * 5)  Choose up-to-date fonts, more legible on LCD screens (Work-In-Progress)
 * 6)  Site navigation sidebar de-cluttering
 * 7)  Skin accessibility: tab navigation

Feature design proposals for MediaWiki and Wikimedia

 * User reporting system - workflow design, transcluded to: User reporting system consultation 2019
 * Partial Block improvements - usability features, transcluded to: Blocking tools and improvements/Feedback
 * Allowing, but minimizing non-free content - transcluded to: Wikimedia movement WG Diversity Recommendations