Wikipedia talk:2008 main page redesign proposal/RyRy

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Too narrow

Resolved

 – removed the onion-like surroundings -- RyRy (talk) 09:37, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Too narrow.. on a low resolution screen the columns are all too thin. Bad use of space imo. Rehevkor ✉ 17:16, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I also don't like the many boxes surrounding everything. It looks like an onion :) Gary King (talk) 20:47, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Any better? I actually think this current one is better. Thought? -- RyRy (talk) 20:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

It looks like another box was added, making it even more onion-y. Gary King (talk) 20:53, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Is it less onion-y now? -- RyRy (talk) 21:04, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I suggest just removing the surrounding black border completely. Gary King (talk) 21:43, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I concour. Rehevkor ✉ 02:28, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

External Links

Resolved

 – fixed the external links to remove the "arrow things" -- RyRy (talk) 09:37, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

All those external links in the Wikipedia Summary on the top should be changed to use 684 million visitors, or <span class=plainlinks>[http://siteanalytics.compete.com/wikipedia.org/?metric=uv 684 million visitors]</span> to remove the arrow things. --haha169 (talk) 05:19, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Will do. I was going to do that anyway. Thanks, RyRy (talk) 06:04, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Renovated

Hello everyone. I've almost completely changed the design. i would like comments and thoughts on the current design. Thanks, RyRy (talk) 01:14, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Very nice, RyRy, quite organized. :) -[[Ryan]] ^{(me) (talk)} 01:20, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! :D -- RyRy (talk) 05:58, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I usually like rounded corners, but accessibility-wise, they are not always the best option. Gary King (talk) 06:19, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Hm, thanks for your opinion. But overall, do you think it's "good"? -- RyRy (talk) 06:21, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

The blue-purple color for the banners doesn't strike me as a color commonly used on Wikipedia, so I don't think it is compatible with the overall theme of the site. Gary King (talk) 06:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I'll try to fix that also. Thanks, RyRy (talk) 06:25, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

To be more specific, rounded corners don't appear on major browsers like Internet Explorer and Safari. So, it's generally not a good idea to have pages, especially on Wikipedia, that appear differently to different people. Gary King (talk) 06:28, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

(edit-conflict) Well actually, come to think of it, the blue does match the links all over the site, which I think is good. :P I'll take a look about the rounded corners and see for myself. -- RyRy (talk) 06:30, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I'm not too worried about the blue, because Wikipedia generally doesn't have a strict color scheme to begin with. I think its favorite color is white :) Gary King (talk) 06:32, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, well, I'll get around to that more. Thanks for your help Gary, and if you (and everyone ;)) can play around with my design, and if I don't think I like it, I'll revert it. :P -- RyRy (talk) 06:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Beautiful

The headings are the best I've seen (other than plain). I'd remove the "About" section (nobody wants to scroll through it more than once probably, and probably same for the bottom three sections). Best layout yet. —SusanLesch (talk) 06:38, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree that "About" is not needed. Wikipedia has reached the level of popularity that it doesn't need to be explained – like Google or Yahoo!. The main page should speak for itself. Gary King (talk) 06:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Hm, do you mean just "About" the word or the entire top section. If you mean the entire top section, it was actually suggested to have: "There should be some description of the site itself. Currently there is nothing except "the free encyclopedia" and the number of articles." It's on Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal. Comments? -- RyRy (talk) 06:44, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm in favor of keeping the community-created content sections and in favor of adding nothing or as little as possible of static content. I am guessing as of today we only need two link farms: the left static column and the upper page interface. Contents (I'm using portals for now) is about it. Hope this helps. Again, this proposal is good to look at. Thank you. —SusanLesch (talk) 06:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

No, thank you. :D Thanks for the suggestions. :) I'll try to get around to that. -- RyRy (talk) 06:54, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

The About box is bumping everything else down, so when a person first visits the page, everything is already bumped down a bit. IMO at the very least, the entire Featured Article box should be "above the fold" so a person doesn't have to scroll to read it. Gary King (talk) 07:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Good work. As for the "About box" i agree that it it a bit long. My suggestion is that where it currently says only "the free encyclopedia" add an entire sentence or two of "about." the German Wikipedia says (loosely translated) "Wikipedia is a project to build an encyclopedia of free content in every language of the world. Anyone can contribute with his or her (or their) knowledge. Since May of 2001, x,xxx,xxx articles have been created in the English Wikipedia. Good editors are always welcome (link to wikipedia:introduction)" I think this or something like it would easily fit in your top box and would be much more informative than 'the free encyclopedia.' I also think the languages boxes should go seeing as the sidebar has all those languages already. Jieagles (talk) 02:39, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

It looks better than the current Main Page, it isn't perfect, but still, better than the current Main Page Series premiere (remake) (talk) 10:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

1 TFA

besides one TFA it looks ok. Gnangarra 12:40, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

comments

it looks geat! wonderful efficient use of space, i hate negative space. some changes i might proffer are different colors other than blue for different sections, and putting maybe a border around the searchbox in there as it kind of blends into the background (there are a lot of other long rectangular shapes on the page). JoeSmack ^Talk 16:18, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Comment...

I guess I'll try to keep it simple: Great job RyRy, I think this is one of the best I've seen. :)   jj137 (talk) 17:27, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm still doing some tweaking though. -- RyRy (talk) 20:48, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Search bar

Right now the positioning of the search bar is rather awkward, as well as redundant to the search box in the navigation column. Great work though. -IcĕwedgЁ (ťalķ) 03:55, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

A tiny incongruity

Should the left-hand column's borders be rounded like the surrounding boxes? (As I type this comment, they aren't.) —Animum (talk) 01:24, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Hm, I assume your using firefox. Yes, when I use firefox, for some reason, the border is not rounded like the rest. As for myself, I use Safari most of the time and rarely use firefox, which means all the borders are straight. I don't know how to fix that problem, unfortunately. -- RyRy (talk) 01:36, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. —Animum (talk) 15:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)