I'm committed to killing the global variable $wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere Prateek asked me today how he could help so in case it is not clear this is how developers/designers can help.
Essentially as a first step we need to identify problems with form interfaces across MediaWiki and fix them.
1) Enable MediaWiki UI everywhere
Developers: Add $wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere=true into your LocalSettings Non-developers: Explore http://mwui.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page or http://en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/ (the mobile site already enables these to be the default)
2) Navigate around the site and make a note of interfaces that look wrong. Please file bugs against them here [1] * Places where buttons are constructive when they should be destructive / progress * Take screenshots of interfaces that look cluttered/cramped. * Identify pages which do not use MediaWiki UI styles at all
3) Let's fix the bugs
4) When this is all done, we will need to engage the community/communicate this change. We might need to run a beta feature. I'm hoping Jared or Steven can oversee this. Alternatively we might just want to turn it on if we do not consider it a massive change.
[1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki&component...