v2.0.0 (Fermion) Roadmap

[Chalarangelo]

Major framework update. This update will probably launch sometime in 2017 (probably sometime Q1).

Changes

Module Restructure

• Merge Base and Grid into Base.
• Merge Button and Checkbox (name pending) into InputControl.
• Move form and table styling to base, make default, add remaining styles in there and remove the two modules entirely. (No need to use defaults if there is already a style defined and you can always turn those off).
• Merge Nav, Dropdown and Tab into one module Navigation.
• Merge Progress and Spinner into Progress.
• Restructure both Utility modules to push some styles into other modules and merge the rest into one.
• Merge Modal and most of the Utility containers, as well as Label into Container.
• Merge Carousel and Collapse into Presentation.
• Complete the module restructure as specified in issue Fermion module restructure #14.

Responsiveness

• Responsive pre elements.
• Responsive tables.
• Responsive media. Will be added later.

Component and style changes

• Add fancy styling for hr.
• uncertain Add fancy sidebar (30px wide with code icon (</>) using :before) for pre code blocks.
• Make contextual text work based on mark element.
• Change styling to a material-like design.
• Rebuild dropdowns from scratch. - Removed dropdowns entirely.
• Rebase grid on flex.

New Modules

• Create component styles for checkboxes, radio buttons and switches

Other Changes

• Bump to Normalize v5.0.0.
• Rebase modal dialog's styling using panel styling. - Removed modal dialogs entirely.
• Drop older browser support (specifically IE8 and older).
• Change navigation to be based on the nav element.
• Accessibility support in demos.
• Javascript support library. - Might be added later down the line, not required for release.
• Documentation pages by version. Issue Build documentation pages #33
• Browser support graph in the style of caniuse.
• Update README, update demo pages to use the v2 stylesheet instead of the commit one.

[Chalarangelo]

Released Fermion!