936974 - Add option to revert to classic theme after public launch of MDN redesign.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Alex]

What feature should be changed? Please provide the URL of the feature if possible.
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Please add the option for logged-in users to change back to the classic MDN theme after the redesign goes public.

What problems would this solve?
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This would provide flexibility and allow users to choose the theme they prefer.

Who would use this?
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Users of the Mozilla Developer Network

What would users see?
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Users would have an option/setting on their profile page to choose the classic or new theme.  The option could be in the form of a drop-box, radio-button list, or a check-box.

What would users do? What would happen as a result?
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Users would set the preference to toggle between the classic and new themes.

Is there anything else we should know?
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Comment 1

[Jean-Yves Perrier [:teoli]]

Alex, what would be the reason(s) why somebody would like to revert to the old theme?

Comment 2

[David Walsh :davidwalsh]

This cannot be sustained in the long term.

Comment 3

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

I do not think this is a good idea at all.

Comment 4

[ali spivak]

Since we transitioned to the Kuma platform we do not have a built-in capability to have themes, as MindTouch did. We would have to build that capability into Kuma, which is a huge project and not something we are able to support doing right now. 

We are working on closing a lot of the UX/design bugs for the new design of MDN, so hopefully that will reduce the need for wanting to keep the old site design.