Looks pretty cool! A couple quick notes:

The section edit + dropdown menu only appear on hover; this feels very odd on a tablet as you have to actively tap to make it appear (on iPad) or it may not work at all (on Windows 8.1). I like the idea of 'edit' being in the fixed header that's consistently visible instead...

On small screens like phones I've been seriously considering suggesting we show a fixed section header -- this sample article has relatively short sections but many are ....lllloooonnnngggg.... especially in really big articles. In a small window or on a smaller-screen tablet, those are going to easily spill larger than a screen height and it may feel odd to scroll up to find the current section-edit button.

Once you scroll past the menu items, the sidebar seems to be wasted space especially on a small window. Any plans to have it collapse if the window/screen size is smaller? Snapping a browser window to half the screen is *really easy* to do on current Windows and Linux versions, and seems like something I'd expect people doing research to do.

-- brion



On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Brandon Harris <bharris@wikimedia.org> wrote:

        I’ve made some fairly significant changes to the Static Header/Nav Mod prototype.  You can play with it here:

                http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/navmod/

        Changes below. Note that most icons are placeholders.

        === New Changes ===

        * Added "watch" button to button ribbon
        * Shadow only appears on scrolling; disappears and turns to solid border when not moving.
        * Added icons to article action elements
        * Turned "more" action into a single pulldown
        * Edit buttons now have secondary pull down for additional actions (edit source, insert image, etc.)
        * Section edit link buttons are now standard "white" color until hover, where they turn blue.
        * Targeted sections now have a slight border in addition to light color fill
        * Removed border from Table of Contents
        * Left aligned TOC header
        * Search placeholder text is now replaced with article title on scroll
        * All menu items now have icons (placeholders, mostly)

        === Bugfixes ===

        * Fixed issue with hoverstate on H2 sections and striping (set background color to transparent rather than white)
        * Fixed border radius issues with internal button ribbon


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