User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Prototype for a new article layout/@comment-5645428-20150202132712

I could work with an updated navigation bar (although that was probably one of the most defining characteristics of the oasis skin), but I'm not even going to bother with giving feedback on the rest of venus. The Wikia universe is far too evolved to be able to effectively cope with such a radical design change. This obliterates thousands of total hours worth of coding which will no longer be applicable, perhaps the greatest smack-in-the-face for Wikia's most experienced editors. For everyone else, they're stuck with a bulky mobile-to-desktop port, which doesn't even make sense. Look, there are a few cool features, like fitting infoboxes into the rail, well, that's about it, and that could be built into oasis rather than spending time and effort creating something that has no reason to exist.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Refine and improve existing features which already have a working basis. The JavaScript features on the Dev Wiki, that's the kind of stuff which should be sought after. There is extensive functionally there which with a little effort could greatly enhance many different aspects of the viewing, maintenance and editing experience. That's where my vote lies.