Bawolff, as a simple user I find your gallery very pretty and usable. I think also that it's a good idea to look at sites that work (Flickr, Pininterest, Google+, Tumblr), especially if we want to be read, used and acctract contributors.
Aubrey On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Requiring a hoover to see a caption becomes an impediment to non sight > readers who rely on various readers. > This format is used on sites like Flickr, Pininterest, Google+ etc.. while > many user spend there time just scraping these sites do we really need to > look them > How does an editor decide what image sizes are, > > IMHO rather than doing this to <gallery> tag something thats frowned upon > in GA, A class and FA processes on en.WP anyway this would be better > utilised within the category structure where the more important elements of > image size, and name could be displayed with the hover giving you linking > options. > > > On 11 June 2013 10:20, bawolff <bawolff...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's how its currently implemented (with an attribute named mode). How >> it all works (Or even if it gets adopted), will depend on the sort of >> feedback I get. >> >> You're 100% right, that this would not work well with the COM:QIC >> workflow, and there are many places where the captions are important. But I >> would argue there are many places where people just have captions as a >> place holder text since there is a spot for a caption (Many [not all] >> galleries on commons fit this description). In particular, the captions on >> the auto-generated galleries in category listings are pretty useless, and >> could easily be replaced with something triggered on hover. >> >> Even in encyclopedic contexts, a gallery is used as a collection of >> pretty pictures, and the caption is a sort of "see also" text to provide >> further context for if one of the images catches the reader's eye. >> >> --bawolff >> >> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Daniel Schwen <li...@schwen.de> wrote: >> >>> If this should find its way into core, it should be made optional >>> (using an attribute of <gallery>)! Please be aware that this would >>> instantly destroy gallery applications like COM:QIC. Also from a >>> usability standpoint hiding the captions is probably not always a good >>> thing. Especially in the context of an encyclopedia rather than a >>> "pretty picture" site (like flickr). >>> Daniel >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 6:36 PM, bawolff <bawolff...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > [Cross posting to commons-l and design list] >>> > >>> > Hi all, >>> > >>> > Over the last couple days, I've been looking at making our <gallery> >>> tag a >>> > lot more slick. Compared to other websites, our galleries look very >>> "boxy" >>> > imo. This isn't that bad when it comes to icon/clip art type media, >>> but for >>> > photos I feel we could really do better. So I've tried to make the >>> galleries >>> > be more compact, with rows of images all the same height but different >>> > width, and the caption visible on hover. The only downside to this is >>> the >>> > borders of the gallery become a little ragged, which mostly looks fine >>> to me >>> > (Possibly could be dealt with with js. Would involve a bit of double >>> loading >>> > the images though). >>> > >>> > A demo speaks louder than words, hence: >>> > >>> > * >>> > >>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/bawolff/gallery/index.php?title=Featured_pictures/Non-photographic_media >>> > (contrast with >>> > >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures/Non-photographic_media >>> > ) >>> > * >>> > >>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/bawolff/gallery/index.php?title=Featured_pictures/Animals/Fish >>> > (contrast with >>> > >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Fish) >>> > * http://tools.wmflabs.org/bawolff/gallery/index.php?title=Main_Page >>> > >>> > Additionally the wiki is open to editor (You need to register an >>> account >>> > first), so please don't hesitate to experiment. >>> > >>> > Anyhow, this is all still a work in progress, and I would really >>> appreciate >>> > your feedback/criticism/hate mail/love letters/etc. >>> > -- >>> > Thanks, >>> > Bawolff >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Commons-l mailing list >>> > Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >>> > >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> >> > > > -- > GN. > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > Gn. Blogg: http://gnangarra.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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