[EPIC] Desktop improvement visual refinement/cohesion, and cleanup
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	ovasileva
	May 27 2021, 11:26 AM

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This epic will contain the last stages of the desktop improvements project, focused on visual and functional cohesion and clearing out technical debt.

Developer / technical debt payoff checklist

Have use of skinStyles inside Vector being minimized? Ideally styles should live in the extensions that introduce them rather than localized to Vector. During development of desktop improvements we may have added some to Vector to make sure of local variables or closely couple ourselves to classes introduced by feature flags.
Did we address all FIXMES?
Did we remove all temporary feature flags and their corresponding CSS?
Is the critical path of CSS as small as it can be. Are there any simplifications that can be made at the end of the project?

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open		ovasileva	T283803 [EPIC] Desktop improvement visual refinement/cohesion, and cleanup
Open		None	T236215 Move namespace outside title
Duplicate	Spike	None	T254055 Typography: Increased font-size design for Vector 2022
Resolved	BUG REPORT	ppelberg	T322738 Font size of page description, warning box, toolbar, edit buttons and other elements too large
Resolved	BUG REPORT	TheresNoTime	T321728 Preview font size has increased in Vector 2022
Resolved		ovasileva	T322000 [Unplanned] Font size in jQuery UI dialog too large when using vector 2022
Resolved		ovasileva	T311469 [QA] Evaluate Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters' font size
Declined		None	T283100 Add role="banner" landmark to the header
Resolved		ovasileva	T260338 Sticky header: Notification popup (mw.notify) position incorrectly in Vector 2
Resolved		ovasileva	T279674 Use of dir=auto in WVUI breaks search interface is broken in wikis mixing LTR and RTL languages
Open		ovasileva	T219759 Increase visibility of "Donate" desktop web sidebar item
Declined		None	T276997 New search does not keep history of previously typed string
Open		None	T262472 Show language links on Talk & History pages
Duplicate		None	T30604 Show interlanguage links on associated talk pages too
Resolved		Lydia_Pintscher	T47687 no language links shown in edit mode
Invalid		None	T251405 Change description of desktop improvements opt-in preference
Declined		None	T251528 Allow features to be registered with unnamed requirements

Event Timeline

ovasileva created this task.May 27 2021, 11:26 AM

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ovasileva triaged this task as Medium priority.May 27 2021, 11:26 AM

ovasileva added a subtask: T236215: Move namespace outside title.

ovasileva added a subtask: T254055: Typography: Increased font-size design for Vector 2022.May 27 2021, 2:22 PM

Jdlrobson added a project: Web-Team-Backlog.Jun 1 2021, 4:57 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Incoming to Epics/Goals on the Web-Team-Backlog board.

Jdlrobson added a subtask: T283100: Add role="banner" landmark to the header.Jun 1 2021, 5:04 PM

Jdlrobson added a subtask: T260338: Sticky header: Notification popup (mw.notify) position incorrectly in Vector 2.Jun 1 2021, 5:35 PM

Jdlrobson added a subtask: T91201: [GOAL] Accessibility settings/preferences on desktop and mobile.Jun 1 2021, 7:15 PM

LGoto closed subtask T283100: Add role="banner" landmark to the header as Declined.Jul 13 2021, 9:55 PM

Jdlrobson updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 13 2021, 11:20 PM

Jdlrobson added a project: Epic.Jul 29 2021, 12:31 AM

Jdlrobson added subtasks: T279674: Use of dir=auto in WVUI breaks search interface is broken in wikis mixing LTR and RTL languages, T219759: Increase visibility of "Donate" desktop web sidebar item, T276997: New search does not keep history of previously typed string, T262472: Show language links on Talk & History pages.

Jdlrobson added a subtask: T251405: Change description of desktop improvements opt-in preference.Jul 29 2021, 12:35 AM

Jdlrobson added a subtask: T251528: Allow features to be registered with unnamed requirements.Aug 2 2021, 10:28 PM

Jdlrobson added a project: Goal.

ovasileva moved this task from Incoming to Visual Enhancements / Layout on the Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022) board.Aug 31 2021, 8:34 PM

ovasileva mentioned this in T286150: Article's more-menu border problem in vector2021.Sep 7 2021, 3:28 PM

• alexhollender_WMF renamed this task from [EPIC] Desktop improvements final enhancements to [EPIC] Desktop improvement visual refinement/cohesion, and cleanup.Oct 4 2021, 2:45 PM

• alexhollender_WMF mentioned this in T283505: [EPIC] Fixed "sticky" site header.

Theklan subscribed.Oct 4 2021, 3:59 PM

Moving stuff

In T283505#7397310, @Ladsgroup wrote:

I know it's a bit off but are there plans to remove those terrible gradients from the header? I have been using some css rules to make it bearable:

+1 to Ladsgroup. I use some different css rules to cleanup/reduce some of the visual distractions

ovasileva closed subtask T260338: Sticky header: Notification popup (mw.notify) position incorrectly in Vector 2 as Resolved.Dec 13 2021, 2:24 PM

ovasileva closed subtask T279674: Use of dir=auto in WVUI breaks search interface is broken in wikis mixing LTR and RTL languages as Resolved.Jan 4 2022, 11:07 AM

Ladsgroup mentioned this in T301527: Consider making Vector 2022 the default skin for MediaWiki 1.41.Feb 12 2022, 5:52 PM

Jdlrobson closed subtask T251528: Allow features to be registered with unnamed requirements as Declined.Apr 5 2022, 3:46 PM

ovasileva closed subtask T251405: Change description of desktop improvements opt-in preference as Invalid.May 3 2022, 9:40 AM

alistair3149 subscribed.May 21 2022, 12:44 AM

Jdlrobson closed subtask T276997: New search does not keep history of previously typed string as Declined.Feb 22 2023, 11:35 PM

Is there a functional difference between this task and T317632 (besides the differing mixes of children that do overlap)?

In T283803#8991632, @Izno wrote:

Is there a functional difference between this task and T317632 (besides the differing mixes of children that do overlap)?

Good catch, I think both these epics could use some cleanup. I'll try to do a pass.

Jdlrobson assigned this task to ovasileva.Jul 13 2023, 5:18 PM

ovasileva removed a subtask: T91201: [GOAL] Accessibility settings/preferences on desktop and mobile.Oct 16 2023, 12:37 PM

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