Future directions and the Medium Term Plan

• July 3, 2020 - RfC: Evaluate alternative Node package managers for improved package security
• January 18, 2020 – Research essay: Which modern, reactive web framework to choose for the new decade: Vue or React?

MediaWiki skin theming: mild and dark modes

See mw:User:Aron Manning/Skin themes for details and usage. Mild and dark mode css overlay for Timeless and Vector skins (so far). Work in progress.

• Easily customizable color palette through ca. 30 css variables.
• Includes a few layout optimizations: full-width Timeless skin and thin (one-line) header bar for Vector, MediaViewer scrolling and metadata.
• Note: Custom background colors hardcoded in templates and wikitext make those areas unreadable in dark mode (bright text on bright background). Rules for these are added on a case-by-case basis. Mild mode is readable in such cases.

Desktop UI (skin) improvements

1. Desktop Improvements vision
2. Choose expressive icons for the header buttons
3. Vector headings typography fix
4. Evaluate the feasibility and impact of restoring font-size to the browser default / user setting
5. Make use of common monospace fonts created for developers (source code typography)
6. Choose up-to-date fonts, more legible on LCD screens (Work-In-Progress)
7. Site navigation sidebar de-cluttering
8. Skin accessibility: tab navigation

Feature design proposals for MediaWiki and Wikimedia

• User reporting system - workflow design, transcluded to: User reporting system consultation 2019
• Partial Block improvements - usability features, transcluded to: Blocking tools and improvements/Feedback
• Allowing, but minimizing non-free content - transcluded to: Wikimedia movement WG Diversity Recommendations

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