Wikipedia talk:Main Page alternative (simple layout)

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I created this version of the Main Page with the hope that it will be useful to users with really old browsers and those that have low resolution screens. --mav

Its very good for the laptop, please keep it --BozMo |talk 15:33, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

it will be goog for ie 2. --Jew 10:10, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)

All discussion not specifically related to page layout should occur on Talk:Main Page.

moved from the village pump
I noticed the new front page design which has the ability to switch between a table version and nontable version. I was just wondering why the nontable version is so neutered? A CSS version of the table-based design is perfectly possible. I'm fairly into the whole "CSS thing" so I was wondering if there's some sort of place where this type is decided or where people can contribute? -- 132.162.225.93 06:12, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I just want to let people know that I like this non-table version even though I use a high resolution. I have never liked a cluttered table versions, both new and old ones and this is nice and like the new main page, has nice information like in the news and a summary of a featured article. -- Taku 23:28, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC)

I also like it on a high-res monitor. (I use the normal main page more often, though, out of habit.) As for the CSS question, CSS also isn't supported in really old browsers, and doesn't do much for people who don't like table layout or have tiny screens. +sj + 06:31, 2004 May 22 (UTC)

I hate tables, fonts, colors, CSS, javascripts, Java applets, align= ... everything other than contents. I am using a 15" LCD. I tried my best to make my Netscape 4.8 behave more like Lynx -- the plain-text browser. Why can't they stop fooling around with the layout? This stupid edit box doesn't even do word-wrap. This is lousy.

1 Something is wrong with both the alignment and the fontsize
2 Thanks for this version
3 Protection
4 page name
5 portals
6 featured picture
7 Two featured articles?

[edit] Something is wrong with both the alignment and the fontsize

I can't figure out what, though.

Here is a screenshot from Camino (Gecko) 0.7:

Image:MainPage(tablefree)-WrongFontsize.png

✏ Sverdrup 20:17, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I see the same thing - even past version I know looked OK such as [1] are all messed up. Everything works fine in the old skin see:

Image:Maveric149-temp.png

So it must be the new skin. --mav 04:33, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for this version

This page loads much faster and is much more readable than the normal main page on my PDA. which has only.VGA resolution.gadfium 01:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I'm using Palm Web Pro, and I can't find a page anywhere on the site that gives me a search form. I can see everything else on the page, but not the search form. Makes an encyclopedia sort of useless.

[edit] Protection

Hey, why is this page protected? I can't edit! -- Taku 04:54, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)

I think it was protected simply because the main page is. I personally don't find it justified, considering the main page was protected because it is our welcome mat and a target for vandalism, but this page is not. Because it was not even correctly listed at Wikipedia: Protected pages, as policy mandates, I have unprotected it. If a protection war ensues, feel free to visit Wikipedia: Protected pages and complain. Deco 07:44, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] page name

the purpose of this page seems not to be to eliminate tables, but to eliminate elaborate layout. Perhaps the name should reflect this fact. We could name it Main Page (simple layout) or perhaps beacsue of lack of layout it loads faster we could name it Main Page (fast). Other names which come to mind: Main Page (less layout), Simple Main Page. Any comments? --MarSch 14:25, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

well, if noone has any ideas, I guess I'll have to be bold.... --MarSch 09:51, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] portals

I've added a new template with portals. Please give your opinion about it. --MarSch 09:16, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] featured picture

I've added a featured picture section, but it will only work today so far. This is because the ordinary {{POTD}} templates feature a box and heading, making them incompatible with this page. Please help find a solution --MarSch 11:57, 14 August 2005 (UTC)