Hi,
Timeless is a new responsive skin based on the Vector layout,
incorporating in design principles from Winter and other modern sites,
which I originally started in 2015 as an example for a tech talk. I kind
of forgot about it for awhile since, but then we (essentially a bunch of
random people on phabricator), based on Paladox' recommendation, started
working on getting it ready for deployment to Wikimedia projects.
Links:
* Labs wiki specifically for timeless:
https://timeless-skin.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page
* A copy of the Simple English Wikipedia on the Beta Cluster, where
Timeless has already been deployed and you can see what it might look
like in production:
https://simple.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page - you can
create an account, set your skin to timeless, and go through some of the
things you might do here, and maybe get a feel for the skin
* Skin ocumentation:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Timeless
* Phabricator workboard:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/1912/ (there are bugs -
please file more)
As you can probably tell, it needs a lot of work.
Current status: Timeless is deployed to the Beta Cluster; consensus is
being established on various projects as to whether or not they would
want to test it out specifically. See:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T154371
If anyone else would like to ask projects they're particularly active on
or that they think would be useful, that would also be great.
Because the problem is, while things are moving forward and development
is sort of happening, I can't do all of this alone (which, fortunately,
I'm not), and I certainly can't devote the time and effort this project
deserves as a volunteer (which, unfortunately, I am). To address this,
I've put in a proposal for a grant that would allow me to work full-time
on this project, working on developing Timeless into a product truly
worth deploying, and also doing much needed research on and outreach to
the projects in order to determine and properly document how they use
their skins, what they expect out of skins, and what problems and needs
need to be addressed with the general MediaWiki frontend.
Grant proposal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Timeless
As MediaWiki developers and whatnot yourselves, I expect many of you
have worked on similar projects, would be affected by this down the
road, and/or may have thoughts, concerns, or advice on this matter, so
please, I would very much appreciate any feedback you can give, either
here, on the grant page, or on the Phabricator project.
Thanks!
-Isarra