User:Aron Manning/Design/Desktop Improvements vision

Initially posted at Desktop Improvements feedback

Brief summary of how I imagine the new design:


 * 1) Fixed header (from Timeless and Minerva)
 * 2) Sidebar tab icons: TOC, site navigation (hamburger?), article tools, bookmarks
 * 3) Small logo
 * 4) Search bar
 * 5) Language bar
 * 6) Button bar for user tools
 * 7) Echo alerts and notifications icons
 * 8) Watchlist and User contributions icons
 * 9) Cogwheel icon for skin settings, theme selector
 * 10) User menu drop-down icon optionally with user-name (from Timeless)
 * 11) Multi-tab collapsible left sidebar
 * 12) TOC (primary)
 * 13) * Smooth scrolling animation
 * 14) Site navigation
 * 15) * Links re-prioritized
 * 16) Article tools and gadgets
 * 17) Bookmarks
 * 18) Content
 * 19) Vector tabs ("Join discussion, Edit history, Edit, Edit source") moved on one line with article title, next to each other
 * 20) * Protection expressed by "View source" button with a padlock icon instead of edit buttons
 * 21) * Discuss and Edit buttons emphasized for logged-in users
 * 22) Sticky section-headers, paragraph icon, edit icon to its right
 * 23) Collapsible sections, at least the linking sections at the bottom: See also, Notes, References, Further reading, External links
 * 24) Collapsible right sidebar (enabled by default on wide screens)
 * 25) Article tools bar also available on the right sidebar for increased editor efficiency
 * 26) Article activity stats panel
 * 27) History panel (recent edits, possibly combined with activity stats)
 * 28) Discussions panels (recent comments on talk page)
 * 29) Color themes (experimental project): white, paper, dark themes, user created themes, theme crafting competitions.

Some of these features that aren't available yet (bookmarks, activity stats, history panels) are listed to ensure their place in the design.