User:GhostInTheMachine/Evil Vector

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= Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Features/Limiting content width =

  • {{§l|mw:Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Limiting_content_width#Goals_and_motivation}}
  • {{§l|mw:Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Frequently_asked_questions#Why_is_the_width_of_the_content_limited?_Why_is_there_so_much_white_space?}}

3 May 2022

White space fix for Evil Vector

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tol/global.css

15 July 2022

=Maximum line width=

We have introduced a maximum line width to articles. Research has shown that limiting the width of long-form text leads to a more comfortable reading experience, and better retention of the content itself.

  • Our studies with readers showed that readability was an issue with the current interface, in particular being able to focus on the content
  • Pages that are not in a long-text format {{tq|(such as diffs, special pages, page history)}} will be presented at full-width as before
  • Logged-in users who wish to read articles at full width are welcomed to set up a script or gadget that will allow for this{{tq|, such as this one}}
  • For more details on research and motivation, see ourresearch section

OVasileva (WMF), SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 16:14, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

28 July 2022

= An update after two weeks of discussion =

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4. What changes will be made before deployment?

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:3. Issues that will not be addressed at this time (issues that are not part of the Desktop Improvements project, belonging to other teams, etc.)

:# A preference which allows the fixed width of the page to be turned off.

:#: A local gadget (currently experimental) or personal userscripts may address this at an individual editor level. — xaosflux Talk 10:10, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Gadget "wide-vector-2022"

Posted in Village pump (technical)

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:The gadget is only listed at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets if your skin is Vector 2022. Here is a comparison of Wikipedia in Vector 2022 [{{fullurl:Wikipedia|useskin=vector-2022}} without the gadget] (assuming you haven't enabled the gadget) and [{{fullurl:Wikipedia|useskin=vector-2022&withgadget=wide-vector-2022}} with the gadget]. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:56, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

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