Sure this easy to change, but I would prefer to focus more effort on the bigger picture right now which is to continue to define our standards instead of changing small items. That way we create a much stronger sense of consistency across the board. I think this is a good item to look at to spark a bigger discussion around all of our system notifications/tooltips.
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Lindsey Smith
Mobile UI/UX Designer
Wikimedia Foundation
On Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Brandon Harris wrote:
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> Okay, so here's something that can be fixed.
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> Go here:
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard
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> Scroll to the bottom. Click the "Skip this step in the future" checkbox.
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> Note the tooltip that appears.
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> It's awful. It's just plain horrible. Why?
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> * It's the same color as the background.
> * the border color is nigh-invisible.
> * the pokey bit is too shallow (which makes it invisible to people with bad vision).
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> I want to make a better one.
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> Any thoughts, or does anyone want to take this?
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