Changing how folders work

If the blue thing sticks, the Open/Close All button is gonna need a new icon to match the new folders.

I don't really mind the mechanical change (compared to other changes I've seen, anyhow) but isn't the beige-ish color kinda traditional for folders? :/ Does it clash with the blue tab?

(Thread Hop)

Are you still talking about putting Longer Titles as Hover Tips? Because that's really unfriendly for Phone Users.

I like the new formatting style, but as for the appearance of the tabs themselves, I'm still rather partial to the old yellow-folder-on-light-blue-background style. Blue in general just looks weird for a folder color.

EDIT: Also, it seems as though that page specifically is treating all spoilers as unmarked, despite my personal settings. Possible bug?

edited 26th Feb '14 12:38:32 PM by Specialist290

yellow-folder-on-light-blue-background style is best style >.>

Maybe there could be an option for people who like the new ones and people who like the old ones? or maybe default to the new on mobile?

I can see why the tabs thing is being done, and don't have any objections to it, but I think it'd look best with the previous color scheme.

I also like the older color scheme. The blue one doesn't look very good.

Count me in on the "like the design, not the color scheme" camp.

edited 26th Feb '14 1:04:35 PM by Midna

...Why are we changing folders again?

Because change is life.

EDIT: Beats the hell out of me, to be honest, but it's less objectionable to me than messing around with the hottips (which in turn wasn't as bad as renaming Nakama or removing TT or April Fool's '11).

edited 26th Feb '14 1:13:59 PM by Knowlessman

I explained it on the last page.

I call it a marginal improvement, but an improvement nonetheless.

I'm not sure that I like the blue folder names either...if that's going to stick, I'd prefer the icon be a manila color instead of blue.

If this update is too make it easier for phones, if definetly say that making longer titles appear in Hovertext is a bad idea.

Design and function-wise, I like this a lot. The blue matches our standard buttons all over the site, though the generic manila color is what comes to mind for a typical folder.

I second the yellow folder icon if nothing else

I also agree that the folder icon should be manilla with a transparent background.

I approve of the style, but I also think the backgrounds ought to match the background color for each section of the wiki (Sugar Wiki, Darth wiki, etc.)

it's a good idea but there's one thing the white squares behind the folder icons make it look a bit unproffesional forgive me for saying xD

i'd suggest something more like this i mean it's not much but if i may say so myself i think it looks a bit more posher than just white boxes what do ya think?

edited 26th Feb '14 2:58:15 PM by misterR

Gonna have to throw my support in with hovertext being bad for mobile devices.

I'm going with Mister R and lalalei in that the folders icons do look pretty bad and should probably be a folder picture with a background that matches the color of the tab itself... I would also prefer the tabs' colors to match more with the design of the website also. As for Hover Text/Long Titles, I don't think there is a good way to adapt them in regards to mobile, but I would at least want one of the two options.

Other than that, I like it.

edited 26th Feb '14 3:06:00 PM by GameGuruGG

Two little problems:

1.Ugly. Look at it. What is that?

2.That format works for a page with categories, like the character pages, but what about the ones that don't, like, ya know, the actual main trope pages?

edited 26th Feb '14 3:25:44 PM by TooManyIdeas

I like it. And I wasn't expecting to.

@71

1. That's a very useful criticism.
2. So mediums aren't categories?

EDIT: I'd like to reiterate. if possible, just don't use any background on the tabs at all. they look rather out-of-place once the tab is expanded. try google chrome style tabs, that one looks good.

edited 26th Feb '14 3:35:43 PM by ShanghaiSlave

x3

Number two is an interesting point. Do we want the main trope pages organized this way when they use folders?

Conversely, it would be better to start organizing trope pages with folders to maintain a standard?

um hey shanghai i think he means that on trope pages the folders would go horizontally instead of vertically and that would look weird which is actually something i don't think any of us thought of xD

so yeah i think on pages where the folders aren't split into groups like the character pages they should still go vertically unless the plan is to have three folders a row that would work too i think yes that would work i believe :3