User blog comment:Sannse/Your First Look at the New Wikia/@comment-1610819-20100819145052

I have to agree with the people that dislike this. This looks far too much like a blog site, which would be just fine if Wikia were a blog site. Wikia is a wiki, and I strongly believe that this supposedly more "user-friendly" interface doesn't belong here. Also, a few more things:


 * Pages are too small. The idea of sacrificing page space for a larger toolbar seems like a bad idea, as does that of putting the category list at the top. What is the need for that? Even less necessary, I think, is displaying the name of the last user to edit there. And (almost) the least necessary of all is putting the name of the user to upload an image under the file. Seriously? Why should we need that?
 * The EVIL toolbar that follows you around. Ugh. I despise those. My point of view is that you should only need to look at the history and all those things if you want to, not be forced to look at the buttons as you scroll down. More waste of space.
 * Why are you doing away with the left toolbar? That toolbar was much more convenient, and it did well with the small space it used.
 * Why on Earth would you WANT to look through a mandatory photo gallery on every page? The gallery widget is fine because it's not mandatory. But to look to the right and see a photo gallery that most definitely DOESN'T help with the article's content, which is also required...
 * For what reason exactly has the "edit" button been replaced by a stapler? It's not like the average person needs an image to understand what the word "edit" means.
 * The bar at the top... Why is it needed? Does it help in any way? NO. Does it waste space? YES. I completely agree with Porter21's statement a few hours ago:
 * With Monaco, it is clear the wiki is hosted by Wikia but otherwise not run by it. This design makes it look like the wiki is just a subsection of some overarching, staff-run "master" website. Plus, with all due respect to other wikis, I want people to look at "my" wiki and not others.


 * Correct me if I'm wrong, but does this do away with the wiki's logo?
 * ...So this is the new default skin? Okay... But is it optional, like the other skins? Can the admins return the skin to Monaco or Custom or... ANYTHING, once it's set back?
 * Is it customizable? (Not, of course, that I know anything about customizing wikis.)

My final opinion: This looks like a blog site. This is not a blog site. This is a wiki. Perhaps you could let some blog site use this instead?