I actually don't think changing the video play button would be a good idea. Its important that users realize the file is a playable video. Having a prominent play icon is consistent with other sites (e.g. youtube), although arguably most other sites aren't using the thumbnail to also illustrate an article. If we were to do something along these lines, I would think having it be a non-default mode would be best, where the users could toggle discrete play button mode where the play button goes into the bottom corner or something.
--bawolff On 11/3/14, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Thanks for the update about this video player icon issue. > > Sadly, our multimedia team is still spread very thin, and we've had to push > back any audio or video work to next fiscal year, with a very heavy heart. > :( > > That said, this seems like a relatively easy fix to make, so perhaps we > could look at it first when we start looking at video again next year. > > All the best, > > > Fabrice > > >> On Oct 31, 2014, at 12:41 PM, quiddity <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> interesting short thread/idea here, regarding the "play icon" overlay on >> video thumbnails. To somehow make it less dominating: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28idea_lab%29#Less_intrusive_video_player_icon >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28idea_lab%29#Less_intrusive_video_player_icon> >> >> I think this has been discussed before, but I forget where. Perhaps >> someone here could summarize the options and pros/cons, or can find links >> to older threads? >> _______________________________________________ >> Multimedia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia > > _______________________________ > > Fabrice Florin > Product Manager, Multimedia > Wikimedia Foundation > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) > > > > -- -- - Brian Caution: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight. _______________________________________________ Multimedia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia
