Forum:New Wiki Media

I believe that this new wiki skin makes the images, links, and boxes pop more than the words in the articles. What images it doesn't make pop, seem duller in appearance. Furthermore I don't believe that this is a good thing moving forward because of the new "retro future" monochrome stuff Bethesda is introducing into Fallout 4. Maybe this is just me, but I prefer the last media wiki. What's your opinion?--Ant2242 (talk) 20:58, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Looking further it seems to make the dark colors too dark and the game icons seem to bee glitching. Also the dialogue file boxes seem to be larger.--Ant2242 (talk) 23:01, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

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As I told Tag earlier, this new skin does not exactly scream "Retro futurism..." at me; however, it does scream "Pre-War at me," as I am really in support of the classic Commodore look of this skin. I am actually interested in pushing this skin even further, to make it really seem as if we are working on the wiki through a Rob-Co terminal (without the drawbacks of such dated formats, obviously).

I am also in support of the colour palette - there are still a few things that need to be updated, such as the welcome template, but all-in-all, we have a dull colour scheme that does not draw the eye away from the important aspects of the wiki. And I do not mean dull as a derogatory - it is just a state outside of the more in-your-face dreary/bright colour schemes.

My final note on the recent changes, and this is absolutely my personal preference and nothing more, is that I love transparent skins.

Outside of the changes, my main criticism lies with certain aspects of the wiki's layout. For instance, I would really like to see a top-nav, instead of what we have now, in which we should have priority given to high-profile traffic areas, such as the recent changes. I have everything bookmarked for convenience, but for newer users and those that do not utilize their bookmarks, the navigation buttons and drop-down menus are kind of a pain in the ass.

Those are my thoughts, for now. GarouxBloodline 21:32, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

The skin needed to be modernized for the upcoming release. The old one was a stop-gap measure meant to replace the even older skin, which would have been revised down the road even further. It's needed for the release of Fallout 4 - and to further set us apart from the competition. It is, of course, an ongoing project to refine the skin and feedback is appreciated, but let me tell you one thing: It's absolute hell to try and make a scalable skin that looks retrofuturistic. I've tried, believe me, and this is the simplest and most convenient way for a new skin.

Going forward, we will revise a great many aspects, but for the time being, we needed a new look - and we need to upgrade the logo. It's been ten years. Tagaziel (talk) 21:57, 29 October 2015 (UTC)


 * For some reason, the contrast of the new skin makes my eyes tired easily, probably due to bright text colors I supposed. Is it possible to select the previous skin in my preferences? NovaRain (talk) 15:53, 30 October 2015 (UTC)