Page MenuHomePhabricator

Color consistency for diffs on Android vs Desktop
Open, LowestPublicFeature

Description

Feature summary (what you would like to be able to do and where):
As a cross platform user, I would like color consistency for diff changes across platform, so that I can easily understand which color corresponds to what type of change. -Clovermoss

Use case(s) (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution):
Text changes in diffs show up as green. The colours used in desktop view are yellow and blue.

Benefits (why should this be implemented?):
Less mental switching cost and learning curve platform to platform

Question to answer

  • Accessibility of color change for coloblind users on mobile devices
  • Impact on existing single platform Android editors
  • Support from iOS team

Event Timeline

I intended this more as an observation than something that might be an issue (the original point of my usersubpage about mobile editing was to show the differences/what stands out to me as a more experienced editor that isn't used to the app). I actually love the green, but it's my favourite colour :) I do think there's a good argument behind cross-platform consistency, though.

JTannerWMF triaged this task as Lowest priority.Aug 22 2022, 4:28 PM
JTannerWMF added a subscriber: scblr.

Thanks for that feedback @Clovermoss that is helpful. Our designer @scblr will discuss this with the other designers to provide some insights and recommendations

This is blocked on knowing the planned implementation for mobile web which is being done by Moderator-Tools-Team

@NRodriguez am I right in thinking that diff color consistency is something CommTech will be addressing as part of your project?

@Samwalton9 we are only touching the Desktop Wikitext diff experiences, all other diffs (mobile, apps) are out of scope for his.

But we are here to knowledge share and definitely hope that the apps and mobile can match the Desktop!