2012/5/25 Lindsey Smith <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lsmith@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">lsmith@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

                <div>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.   </div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Some guidelines for tooltips would also be helpful for the Wikidata project, to try to create some consistency.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Katie</div><div><br></div><div><br>
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                <div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Lindsey Smith</div><div>Mobile UI/UX Designer</div><div>Wikimedia Foundation</div><div><br></div></div></font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
                 
                <p style="color:#a0a0a8">On Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Brandon Harris wrote:</p>
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                    <span><div><div><div><br></div><div>	Okay, so here&#39;s something that can be fixed.</div><div><br></div><div>		Go here: </div><div><br></div><div>			<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>	Scroll to the bottom.  Click the &quot;Skip this step in the future&quot; checkbox.</div><div><br></div><div>	Note the tooltip that appears.  </div><div><br></div><div>	It&#39;s awful.  It&#39;s just plain horrible.  Why?</div>
<div><br></div><div>		* It&#39;s the same color as the background.</div><div>		* the border color is nigh-invisible.</div><div>		* the pokey bit is too shallow (which makes it invisible to people with bad vision).</div><div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div>	I want to make a better one.</div><div><br></div><div>	Any thoughts, or does anyone want to take this?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>---</div><div>Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation</div>
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