Design firm reimagines Wikipedia - And it's glorious! - Polidicks

I have 0 problem with this.

that is ugly as sin

Well it's not awful considering that the old template were simple. So it's better get used to it, just like an OS

What is it with websites wasting space? Seriously, half the page on Youtube is completely empty, now this company wants wikipedia to use these huge ass buttons. Even the fucking linked site in the OP is a massive waste, the font size is like 20pt, it uses a third of the screen and it looks like each line has a line in between it. Are the near sighted so prolific that we need to make all websites large print only now?

It doesn't look that bad, but all this shit at the top is oversized and annoying. Who needs those huge buttons and search bar?

Ugly as shit...

Another UI change that looks similar to Metro (or whatever Metro is based off of)

[QUOTE=LegndNikko;37141969]Another UI change that looks similar to Metro (or whatever Metro is based off of)[/QUOTE] Metro didn't invent flat styles. This doesn't even look like metro.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;37142057]This doesn't even look like metro.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I definitely agree. Even if this design has a ton of wasted space, it still doesn't have as much as metro.

Why does the top section need to be that big?

so much wasted vertical space

Too much empty space, too much white background showing through. For an information website it makes it look like there's not much information there.

Wait, the links are the exact same colour than all the text and aren't underlined. It doesn't look very practical. Do you have to hover the mouse over each word to know if it's a link?

Looks like a generic artsy "simplistic" design. I don't like it. I think that the current design is totally okay. I don't see a reason to change it.

I don't like the design that much but the features proposed such as the Connect and Quote stuff is quite nifty.

Doesn't look too bad, but it's too bulky. In each of the screenshots in the OP it takes up 1/4 of the screen.

Looks alright, but the fucking gradient in the bar at the very top needs to go.

[QUOTE=Kljunas;37142820]Wait, the links are the exact same colour than all the text and aren't underlined. It doesn't look very practical. Do you have to hover the mouse over each word to know if it's a link?[/QUOTE] Oh my god, you're right. The superscript citations aren't even superscript. They're just [1] [2]. This is taking an encyclopedia as far from an encyclopedia as possible.

Why does everyone want to take the minimalism style IT DOES NOT WORK ON EVERYTHING

Kinda looks a bit terrible really. Wikipedia is perfect as it is. This reminds me of the Olympics 2012 logo.

looks like some guy with a hip new startup decided wikipedia needs some minimalist web 3.0 redesign Also a lack of WYSIWYG keeps the wiki page source code simple, easy to read, and easily displayable to a wide variety of browsers, operating systems, devices, resolutions, etc.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;37142057]Metro didn't invent flat styles. This doesn't even look like metro.[/QUOTE] Microsoft may not have invented the style, but they are popularizing it.

Overly simple, the future! For your low memory tablet needs.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;37142057][B]Metro didn't invent flat styles.[/B] This doesn't even look like metro.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=LegndNikko;37141969]Another UI change that looks similar to Metro [B](or whatever Metro is based off of)[/B][/QUOTE]

I find it very appealing to the eye, wouldn't mind the change.

[QUOTE=ief014;37143516]Microsoft may not have invented the style, but they are popularizing it.[/QUOTE] they're popularizing it? flat styling in graphics design have been popular since at least 50 years ago. everybody's saying "oh this is copying metro!!!" as if minimalism in interface design was invented by microsoft

[QUOTE=ief014;37143516]Microsoft may not have invented the style, but they are popularizing it.[/QUOTE] flat colors in high contrast has been used in design for a long time before windows 8 and metro was even revealed, this is just as bad as complaining that people are stealing "gloss" from apple

[QUOTE=SCopE5000;37143275]Kinda looks a bit terrible really. Wikipedia is perfect as it is. This reminds me of the Olympics 2012 logo.[/QUOTE] Sorry, Wikipedia looks like shit. One thing I think the mockup design does well is the table of contents. It looks nice in the mockup, but on real Wikipedia it looks like absolute trash. You get a big, wide intro paragraph, then a dinky table of contents that is maybe 1/4 (probably less) of the width of the text, and then more super wide text areas.

Needs more gradients. Then I'll be fine with it.

How about this. I don't give a shit how Wikipedia looks as long as one of the most useful websites in the world remains useful at the same level or better.