All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part VI

[GethN7]

Posting to let you all know I'm considering some new wiki extensions:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Metrolook

This is a skin already in use on a lot of other wikis, and considering making it the default successor to the current Vector skin. It's largely based on Vector, so it has high compatibility with all existing site code. Further it expands the amount of readable screen room by grouping all the user links in a handy userbar with drop down links. It also provides a constant auto-scrolling sidebar which should eliminate a need for scrolling back up to use it, and comes with built in mobile support.

Here's a wiki that uses it (colors and many other options of the skin are easily configurable, this is just so everyone can get a good idea how the skin works:

http://www.pidgi.net/wiki/Main_Page

And an extension version of the Autocomplete gadget:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkSuggest

It can be turned off and on easier, and will speed up page load time somewhat.