Re: [Wikitech-l] Checkered background on file description pages

2011-01-30 Thread Ashar Voultoiz
On 29/01/11 17:46, Krinkle wrote: snip Compare the following two pages (when logged out): * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-gunner.gif * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-gunner.svg We could remove the checker by default (pleasing the reader) and add a button to reveal the

Re: [Wikitech-l] Checkered background on file description pages

2011-01-30 Thread MZMcBride
Erik Moeller wrote: A simple show/hide transparency toggle for media with an alpha channel would be a nice standard solution. Defaults for a media repository like Wikimedia Commons could reasonably differ from those for a general reference source like Wikipedia, as typical user intentions are

Re: [Wikitech-l] Checkered background on file description pages

2011-01-29 Thread Platonides
MZMcBride wrote: There was previous discussion about this, but more discussion is needed, apparently. Is site-wide CSS the best way to do this? Would a toggle on the file description page make more sense? User preference? MZMcBride It's easy to add such preference as a gadget.

Re: [Wikitech-l] Checkered background on file description pages

2011-01-29 Thread MZMcBride
Platonides wrote: MZMcBride wrote: There was previous discussion about this, but more discussion is needed, apparently. Is site-wide CSS the best way to do this? Would a toggle on the file description page make more sense? User preference? It's easy to add such preference as a gadget. That

Re: [Wikitech-l] Checkered background on file description pages

2011-01-29 Thread Krinkle
Op 29 jan 2011, om 17:29 heeft MZMcBride het volgende geschreven: Platonides wrote: MZMcBride wrote: There was previous discussion about this, but more discussion is needed, apparently. Is site-wide CSS the best way to do this? Would a toggle on the file description page make more

Re: [Wikitech-l] Checkered background on file description pages

2011-01-29 Thread Erik Moeller
2011/1/29 Krinkle krinklem...@gmail.com: Op 29 jan 2011, om 17:29 heeft MZMcBride het volgende geschreven: Compare the following two pages (when logged out): * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-gunner.gif * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-gunner.svg A nice example. A couple

[Wikitech-l] Checkered background on file description pages

2011-01-28 Thread MZMcBride
Wikimedia Commons and the English Wikipedia have customized their site-wide CSS to put a checkered pattern on the transparent part of files on the file description page. Because I view this code as almost necessary on any wiki that supports uploading PNGs, I filed a bug about including it in the