On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Xidorn Quan <quanxunz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Jonas Sicking <jo...@sicking.cc> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:36 AM, Xidorn Quan <quanxunz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Authors sometimes just want something usable. It doesn't matter if it >>> is not stylable, or it doesn't fit in the UI. When they really need to >>> start caring about such things, they can switch to use jQuery UI then. >> >> I think this is true for a *very* small number of authors. Small >> enough that we should spend our time on more impactful things. >> >> Look at the tooling websites that we use within mozilla. bugzilla.m.o, >> treeherder.m.o, wiki.m.o and MDN all care about a pleasant look and >> feel. > > OK, let's look at bugzilla.m.o. It uses <select>, <input > type="file/checkbox/radio"> without any special style on them. Do they > look very bad within its context? > > Actually it seems to me, as we do not provide any decent method for > styling things inside form controls, pushing people to mix normal form > controls with jQuery UI components could be even worse for UI > consistency. > >> Also remember that jQuery UI also works fine for websites that "just >> wants something usable". > > It unnecessarily bloats the page. It requires the whole huge jQuery > plus two additional jQuery UI files, which should have been completely > avoidable for a page designed for modern browsers.
I'd really recommend talking to web developers rather than guessing at their needs. I hear *a lot* of webdevelopers complaining about the lack of ability to style current controls. But don't take my word for it, do reach out to developers, we have a developer relations team that I'm sure is happy to help. / Jonas _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
