User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: April 9, 2013/@comment-429401-20130410210321

Fixing striping of Namespace in search is good - one of those annoying 'features' that were a backward step when introduced.

Not checked on the link/category suggest yet - but if fixed will be good

Not impressed by the 'new' File page One of the main things i visit them for is to check upload history - who, when and has it been changed. The used-on page in info should be the collapsible extended data bit IMO as duplicates what links here to a large extent. Images in templates can be in 1000's of pages

Wikia went to the effort in previous 'upgrades' of making uploaders names visible below images used on pages when most of the time on a great many Wikis this is misleading as the image was created by a third part and should be/must be attributed to the actual author/creator under the images license conditions (and under Wikias own CC-BY-SA license if reused on other sites), thus hiding the actual uploader makes it even less clear whats what with an image.

A better use of wikia staff resources would be to sort out uploading so images are (have to be) licensed properly on upload and able to be categorised (easily) by the uploader during the initial upload (for all methods of adding an image to a wiki). If most wikia staff dont bother to license images during upload to the wikis they contribute to perhaps part of the problems the upload process. (Comment - Some staff do appear to be licensing images more often now here on central - based on a few recent checks compared to a couple of years ago but i dont visit here as much as i did so it could just be the ones i've looked at)

New features !
 * Not tried wikia yet on a smart phone or ipad/ tablet but when i tried i some time ago on a blackberry it was a total waste of time visiting. As 'my' wiki uses lots of tables and oasies constricted right column design clashes with them I wonder if a major redesign is needed for comparability with tablet type computers and how easy editing would be on these devices. I dont currently have the facilities to check if the wiki actually works on these devices.

The ability to update some pages out in the field could have a use for the wiki but i think it would need major page restructuring to work efficiently with the current page/database structure we have. Are staff /helpers going to help optimse wikis for these new deivces and the potentially larger reader base they could bring in, but is probably unlikely to be reflected in an increased pool of editors to help update the wiki ? - I think the change-over to accomodate could prove troublesome like moving from monaco to oasis.

BTW - Is Wikia planning on moving to the new coding language/method for templates that Wikipedia is rolling out for there most complex templates ?