Also sprach Brion Vibber:
It seems to me
that setting the exact width is a rare exception,
and one that shouldn't stand in the way of reusing content.
Assume that it'll be used very frequently and that it should not break.
If necessary, you use a style attribute. That solution will always be
there, but it is not welcoming to reuse.
(Would be interesting if someone wants to do a survey,
but I rather
suspect a lot of templates and one-off uses alike are setting sizes
explicitly; I know pretty much every image I use in a wiki page is set
this way.)
Like here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_meter
Your markup is:
[[Image:Digital ambient light meter.jpg|145px|thumb|right|A handheld digital ambient
light meter, showing an f-stop of 5.6 for 24 frame/s 500 ISO filming]]
I'm curious about your reasons for setting 145px, though. Is it
because the original size is 145px and you don't want it to be
enlarged? If so, wouldn't it be better to indicate this in some other
way, e.g. a 'no-enlarge' class name?
Or, are also insisiting that users always see it with a width of 145px?
Even on a tiny cellphone screen?
-h&kon
Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª
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