Forum:Overriding Admin Skin Choice

Just curious, is overriding the admins' skin choices not a thing we can do anymore? The option seems to be mysteriously absent today.  Yamstis  ♪ / ♫ 11:57, September 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * I still see the tickbox, but it doesn't seem to do anything, along with other options that don't seem to be working. Is this related to adding the new layout skin option? --Tlosk 12:52, September 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * It has disappeared, and for those who had it active before, it is no longer on. This annoys me because I strongly dislike the Monaco skin, which I find slow, unwieldy, ugly and impractical. (In particular, I dislike its overreliance on AJAX and other JavaScript stuff. And I really don't like how the column menus jump around like frantic ibices when the mouse cursor goes nearby, as if the item I was trying to click on was fleeing desperately for dear life.) The way Monaco is crammed down people's throat, whether they want it or not, is really annoying. Did you know the admin no longer have the possibility to choose a skin other than Monaco, either? Instead of "skin choice", there's just "theme choice". MonoBook is still around for the moment, but you have to paste "&useskin=monobook" at the end of each URL if you still want to use it. No doubt it'll be removed soon. --Gez 12:56, September 22, 2010 (UTC)