User:SOTO/Forum Archive/A new Tardis, at last/@comment-188432-20141212015511/@comment-413936-20141231044100

Several things as a frequent reader here but editor elsewheres. First, the issue with short articles is in local to the article. Articles with the issue use the top version; fixing said articles requires using the bottom version:

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As far as the new layout in general… you changed the desktop… I don't like it:


 * I also agree that the Infoboxes should appear above non-article content so that the visual and the intro text are more in-line.


 * I find the use of left-side icons are more confusing than the previous text-based links (i.e. edit, Talk, etc.). It is useful that the links follow with scrolling, but it's harder to tell what operation should be located where. There looks like there should be room for a text-based listing (i.e. Contents, Edit, Talk, Share, Tools).


 * Left-side icons also aren't the same page-to-page. Some have individual icons for social media / sharing, others have a single share icon.


 * I do prefer the format of the user tools at the bottom, it seems a lot cleaner and more "wiki" styled.


 * Paragraph spacing is inconsistent (see River Song). Some have no lines in between, others 1 line, and the majority 2 lines. The source uniformly uses 1 line between paragraphs. This especially affects the Undated/unchronicled events section, resulting in a lot of negative space.


 * There's also a lot of extra space after the article title, equivalent to about 3 lines of article content.


 * Recommended Content seems disproportionate in length to article length, especially the featured article position.


 * This may be a bit unrelated, but the drop-down for the wikia top bar seems overly sensitive. Even hovering over the pixels at the corners of that box triggers it to cover most of the article. Also, is there no way to change it? It sticks out like a sore thumb on darker-themed wikis. (Also, notifications try to cover half of the page unlike before.)