?style=default

[ciaan]

Title:
?style=default

Area:
viewing/navigation

Summary:
Just like ?style=mine and ?format=light (soon to become ?style=light, I believe), add the code for ?style=default (or ?style=site, or something) to display pages in the default site scheme.

Description:
This would be helpful for newsletters and for other people providing links, and it could also be used in viewing settings for reading lists and the like. It would also be available for people to use on any page they were viewing. There are a lot of options that are available on the default site scheme pages that aren't available in format=light, and many people dislike the way format=light looks. But there are also times when people don't want to view pages in their own style, and there are many people who dislike seeing their style on content outside of their own journal, and there are times when someone wants to link to something without forcing the viewer's style on it and without leaving it in the original style. (In the polls I've seen, the clear majority of people prefer viewing site scheme comment pages to format=light or to any customization.)

This option would be available for everyone to use as a manual add-on in the URL, same as style=mine and format=light, and it would also be available in the nav bar links and in the settings page, or anywhere else that the user can choose to set style=mine and format=light.

Poll #752

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45

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Should be implemented as-is.
42 (93.3%)

Should be implemented with changes.
3 (6.7%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)