My next theme will be an ultra minimal theme which will remove/hide all the advanced (power user) features from Discourse and will be a sort of beginner theme. I wanted to collect some feedback/suggestions before starting work on the theme.
Here’s how I am envisioning it:
Homepage
Poster avatars column and Views column will be removed.
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After:
Composer
Preview pane and toolbar will be removed.
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Topic page
The topic map, footer buttons, suggested topics section and the username (next to full name) will be removed.
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The above screenshots are raw mockup and the final theme should look much better.
Any more ideas on what more to remove/update for a minimal theme?