User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Prototype for a new article layout/@comment-4899461-20141217164304

I actually don't hate it. But there are a few details that concern me:
 * First and foremost, the placement of adds should be up to editors, since if left to automatic updates, they will undoubtedly end up in sections with large, fragile templates and screw them up. At the very least, we should be able to designate sections that shouldn't have ads. You can't plan for every template and article format our there, it's better to leave some of the details to individual communities to fix problems on their end. I don't want my wiki to become unreadable and unfixable for the first several weeks while you guys scramble to fix this after you push the update out.
 * The ease of editing goes way down with that left side tools section, you have to click precisely several times in order to edit the whole page, and it's just way harder to see than the good old edit button at the top of the page.


 * Finally, after the infobox (which should be above the Recent Activity box anyways, for reasons countless others have already mentioned), a space that matches the space on the left for tools is created on the right side. It looks really awkward, because unlike the left, there's nothing to fill the space. It should just be removed and text should be able to wrap around the infobox and other images better.

People always complain about changes, and I actually welcome these ones. However, they do need changes, and the community has pointed them out already. But unlike with the Global Nav bar, you should fix those errors BEFORE you implement the changes, even if it means delaying the changes. Just about everyone said we needed to be able to change the size and color of the Global Nav bar, and staff seemed to agree with this idea, yet we still don't have those features wiki-wide (only through private code, and staff has already moved on to a new project, apparently.

I welcome change, but what's the point in opening the changes up for community input if nothing is corrected?