Board Thread:New Features/@comment-24739709-20150518230347/@comment-5558012-20150606141125

Bruce A wrote: My point is, however, that we should try to aim for a default style that is good and doesn't really need to be re-styled, unless people really want to.

Since, as I said, the default style that appears to be what we're moving to isn't very good. What is "good?" How do we aim for "good?"

The default style works consistently great for mobile, that is good.

The current default style (not associated with the new markup) of infoboxes isn't anything to be excited about either (very basic design, no color). At least Wikia decided to add some of the wikis' theme color to the new infoboxes automatically (a leg up on the old default style).

The more styling you place into a default, the more likely the styling won't fit for a wiki and people will seek to change it (even if people were going to change it anyway). For some wikis, the default styling (with the theme colors) fits in well, but with the main wiki I edit, I didn't think that it worked so it was restyled (one of the problems with adding more to a default). If you have a specific objective, you will restyle to meet that objective (as Wikia did with the markup), regardless of the default. A default will not meet everyone's objective anyway.

If people are not going to apply their own styling, how would you style a default that meets the objective of looking great on mobile consistently when loaded with information while also being the same default elsewhere?