(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . A new story page is coming to a desktop near you [1] ['Daily Kos Staff', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-11 In the fall, we released the first phase — replacing our ten year old mobile pages with the new, responsive pages that should render the site nicely on any device of any size or width, and be functional for any kind of inputs — mouse, keyboard, touch, voice, etc. The old mobile site had very limited functionality, so we were able to replace it with the new pages before we could replace the fully functional desktop pages. We’ve slowly been adding those functions — the menus to edit stories, reblog them to groups, edit tags, etc, and they’ve been quietly appearing on the mobile site. We’re done with that and we’re finally ready to release this code for all devices. This creates a big benefit for us because changes we need to make can now be made in only one place, and it’s a benefit for you because it is faster and works better on the current generation of web browsers. So on mobile, these are already running for you. On the whole, the changes for desktop are small, with the story page looking pretty similar to the old. Here is a list of some differences: Instead of on the left column, options for various functions around the story are in the three-dot menu in the upper right. This is a change for us, but it matches a convention that has developed on the web, and it makes these critical and yet occasionally used functions available to smaller devices and yet out of the way. Tags are at the bottom instead of in the left column. There is a three dot menu in the upper right of that section to edit tags, if you are a trusted user with permission to do so. The list of groups is below the tags, at the bottom instead of in the left column. There will be a button in this section soon to add groups, if you are a group member with permission to do so. The recommend button on the left side is eliminated and the recommend button at the bottom includes some text encouraging recommends. The buttons are more clearly labeled, because the star alone seems to have confused people as being a favorite function instead of a recommend. Comments are now all using the narrower style with a line down the left, providing more width for comment text, especially when replies are nested more than one or two deep. This was a change that many users had requested. The miniprofile is coming back! You can see it on the story author; comment authors are coming soon. The dreaded small but jarring font change, but made to ensure that all the text sizes are harmonious and usable at any magnification. You can see a preview of the new page for any story by adding “/softlaunch/” between “https://www.dailykos.com” and “/stories/”, for example: Again, if you’re on a mobile device (or pretending to be, using the browser’s dev tools), you have been using this page already for several months. Here are the goals this new version meets for us: One codebase with all the functionality no matter what device you bring Better accessibility for people using assistive technology or techniques Better performance for you (hopefully using less memory, running faster, faster to first paint) Easier lift to develop (or update) new features or functions If you so choose, have a look at the preview, give it a spin, let us know what you think. If you’re having usability issues, we want to know, and you can tell us here or at the helpdesk. It can be helpful to tell us what browser you’re using as well as the specific thing you’re trying to do that is giving you difficulty. We’ve got a few more things to polish off, including some speed improvements, but we expect to make this live quite soon. Your feedback will help us make this transition smoother and better. Thanks! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/11/2152980/-A-new-story-page-is-coming-to-a-desktop-near-you Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/