Description
As part of Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022) we introduced a max-width to all pages. We then realized that a small number of pages don't work well at 960px (e.g. History and Recent Changes) and started allowing certain pages to be exceptions to this rule and instead get a max-width of 1440px. That decision was very much a compromise — we ideally would have liked to make improvements to those pages such that they worked well at 960px, but don't currently have the resources to do so. The reason why we don't like the current approach is because it leads to an inconsistent experience where some pages display much wider than others.
Newcomer homepage
As far as I can tell from test.wikipedia.org the Newcomer homepage is currently one such exception from the 960px max-width. As far as I can tell, it would look and work well with the 960px max-width.
| current | with 960px max-width |
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Goal
The purpose of this task is to propose to the Growth team limiting the width of the Newcomer homepage, and to articulate any tradeoffs or concerns with doing so. If we find that 960px max-width works well for the Newcomer homepage we will add it to our list of pages to switch over.
Developer notes
The existing VectorMaxWidthOptions configuration option inside Vector can be expanded to include Special:Homepage
