Thread:Applegirl/@comment-26611127-20160929005139/@comment-5679696-20160929184152

Hey, thank you for your time! I must say I’m not a fan of the portable infobox :/

I have absolutely no problem with the current infoboxes while browsing the wiki with my phone both in desktop mode and mobile mode. While in desktop mode it looks exactly like on my computer (so does the portable infobox), on mobile phone it looks actually better than the portable infoboxes:
 * Current Infobox 1 2 3

I have furthermore evaluated the improvements this new format presents, and I honestly don’t think they are worth the change. In mobile devices, the layout is just somewhat different, and by different I don’t mean better. Meanwhile, in desktop mode, it just looks odd to me.

There are a lot of new problems that this brings up, mainly with the appearance of the regular infobox, but also with some of the custom infoboxes we have around, such as the BothCounterparts template.

Just for an example, although I have found that the following bit of CSS would make the padding smaller, the parameter names (i.e. Last Appearance, First Appearance, etc.) got separated into two lines, which takes up too much space (and unfortunately, the space that our infoboxes take up is indeed a concern of ours. portable infobox current template

Regarding the alleged simplicity of the portable infoboxes, I must disagree as well. I find the current infoboxes a lot easier to work with, personally. :S

Your suggestion is really appreciated. Change can sometimes be a good thing, and we like to keep an open mind about the new technologies and possibilities, but I don’t think the experience of portable infoboxes would benefit us more than it would complicate us. That being said, this is just my opinion. I look forward to discussing this further if you have any other ideas in the future. Thank you! :-)