Yup: this was a recent change, and it was intentional. Like denise said, we did a bunch of fixes on Lynx recently.
Slightly long story, but it went kind of like this:
• Lynx is supposed to use the browser's default styling for HTML elements whenever possible. (It's sometimes not 100% possible, but we try.) • All site skins actually have two versions: "old" and "foundation." • Old Lynx is good at being All Default, but foundation Lynx was ignoring its mandate and using excessive non-default CSS everywhere. • People mostly didn't mind that, because the core pages mostly used old skins. • Then the "updated Stuff" beta switched comment pages to use foundation skins, and we got feedback about how wrong foundation Lynx was. • I gave foundation Lynx a de-make. (The PR on GitHub has some further explanation/discussion if you're curious.)
Anyway, what you're now seeing on those boxes is the raw browser default styling for <fieldset> elements.
Out of curiosity, what do you like about the Lynx style? Do you prefer browser-default styles in general, or is there a specific set of annoyances you're avoiding in the other site skins? (I'm occasionally pondering what a more customizable default skin could look like, so I'm interested in hearing peoples' takes on the current ones. The main things I'm aware of right now are that people want control over font sizes and colors.)
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Slightly long story, but it went kind of like this:
• Lynx is supposed to use the browser's default styling for HTML elements whenever possible. (It's sometimes not 100% possible, but we try.)
• All site skins actually have two versions: "old" and "foundation."
• Old Lynx is good at being All Default, but foundation Lynx was ignoring its mandate and using excessive non-default CSS everywhere.
• People mostly didn't mind that, because the core pages mostly used old skins.
• Then the "updated Stuff" beta switched comment pages to use foundation skins, and we got feedback about how wrong foundation Lynx was.
• I gave foundation Lynx a de-make. (The PR on GitHub has some further explanation/discussion if you're curious.)
Anyway, what you're now seeing on those boxes is the raw browser default styling for
<fieldset>elements.Out of curiosity, what do you like about the Lynx style? Do you prefer browser-default styles in general, or is there a specific set of annoyances you're avoiding in the other site skins? (I'm occasionally pondering what a more customizable default skin could look like, so I'm interested in hearing peoples' takes on the current ones. The main things I'm aware of right now are that people want control over font sizes and colors.)