Forum:We want a new skin

Dear Wikia,

I think I'm not the only one that absolutely loves Wikipedia's new skin, Vector. It's a more modern, improved version of Monobook, which usually tends to be people's favorite skin. I'm pretty sure a lot of people, including myself, would love to be able to use it here on Wikia. But not only that, we'd like you to allow wiki admins to choose whether they want to have Monaco or Vector to be their wiki's default skin. So who's with me? 15:08, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Supports
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 * 15:08, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Jeffwang16   (Talk)   (Contribs.)  Email 15:11, July 23, 2010 (UTC) - Oh! Yes, I like Vector WAY more than Monaco! Seriously!
 * 2) YAY VECTOR! Monaco sucks & lags too much. Vector is shiny, looks better, and lags a lot less.
 * 3) Monaco is the worst thing that ever happened to Wikia. I agree with Spark: Vector looks better, and it doesn't lag the way Monaco does. There are all those interactive features on Monaco, sure, but all of those COULD work on any other skin, it's just that the Wikia team made those features so that they only worked on Monaco. Presumably so that there would be at least one good thing about that awful skin. Why not just put those features on all skins, rather than forcing us to use Monaco?
 * 4) I agree with Cobweb on this.
 * 1) Monaco is the worst thing that ever happened to Wikia. I agree with Spark: Vector looks better, and it doesn't lag the way Monaco does. There are all those interactive features on Monaco, sure, but all of those COULD work on any other skin, it's just that the Wikia team made those features so that they only worked on Monaco. Presumably so that there would be at least one good thing about that awful skin. Why not just put those features on all skins, rather than forcing us to use Monaco?
 * 2) I agree with Cobweb on this.

Oppose
IF YOU CLEARLY OPPOSE, PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER ADDING YOUR NAME, IF THIS VOTE PASSES, USE MONACO FOR YOUR PREFERED SKIN (UNCHECK LET ADMINS OVERRIDE MY SKIN).

Comments
I was wondering the other day why in the world Wikia wasn't using Vector, because Wikia has close ties with Wikimedia. Jeffwang16  (Talk)   (Contribs.)  Email 15:11, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Actually, just not too long ago I read something in the forums that basically said, and I believe it was by a Wikia Staff member, that Vector would most likely give problems on Wikia sites as well as a few other downfalls. I'll try to see if I can find the page again. --† DustKateb  (Talk to Me!)† 15:13, July 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * DustKateb, I think you are talking about this: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Forum%3AVector_skin_for_Wikis%3F.


 * And yes, it was by Charitwo. Jeffwang16

(Talk)  (Contribs.)  Email 15:21, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm on the fence on this one. I think it looks a little bit to gray on Wikipedia, but that's usually something that's easy to fix. I admire the fact that it looks simple and a little less cluttered than Monaco overall, but Monaco has some nice interactive features. I hope the new Wikia skin (if we're going to get a new skin) learns a few tricks from Vector. BramTalk/IGW 15:31, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

At the very least, we should be allowed to choose what we want the default skin on our wikis to be. I'm voting for this proposal because almost any skin would be better than Monaco. I understand if the Wikia staff doesn't want to enable Vector, just please, let us choose the default skin on our wikis. Cobweb (Talk)