# Compact messages style

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-messages-style/216678>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [February 1, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-messages-style/216678 "2022-02-01T10:55:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon40545810](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@anon40545810](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon40545810)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-messages-style/216678/8 "2022-02-01T20:59:21Z")

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@Canapin

1. I found what you said very interesting, but

- my intention was to do some client-side customizations of Discourse with userstyles - this would work if you don’t need to create a theme.
- I just wanted to help with an mvp - minimum value product - wanted everyone to feel the ux experience with user styles without necessarily having to develop some plugin or theme
- For example, there is this repository called [refined github](https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github), it’s a place where you post improvements to github - there’s even an extension in browser to make this possible.
  1. My idea would be similar to this idea of this repository. Perhaps, we could create a refined-discourse - a userstyles.css file that contains various visual enhancements like an mvp. So the community can see what is best and what makes sense.
  2. That would be really cool, seeing the adjustments that need to be made even without necessarily having to implement or create a theme or plugin.
  3. Thought of this as I thought the idea of ​​compact messages was really good, I thought of this, we can customize this with userstyles - That would be an easy way
  4. This would be what I call the wizard of oz experience. - You wouldn’t need to spend a lot of time developing your idea if you make a userstyles.css

  - Wizard of Oz experiment: _In the field of human–computer interaction, a Wizard of Oz experiment is **a research experiment in which subjects interact with a computer system that subjects believe to be autonomous** , but which is actually being operated or partially operated by an unseen human being._
    - People could see the improved ux/ui without having to have a theme or plugin
    - For those who use userstyles it may seem like it’s a theme or plugin - but the truth is it’s not
    - this looks like an idea for an mvp - minimal value product

1. Is this a bad idea?

- was the last question, if you can be happy with your view or point of view on this
- I want more feedback ;D

### reference

- [Wizard of Oz testing – a method of testing a system that does not yet exist.](https://www.simpleusability.com/inspiration/2018/08/wizard-of-oz-testing-a-method-of-testing-a-system-that-does-not-yet-exist/)

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