On 11/5/14, James Forrester jforrester@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 4 November 2014 23:12, quiddity pandiculation@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Brian Wolff bawolff@gmail.com wrote:
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.
I think the ideas in the onwiki thread were more along the lines of:
- Putting a control-bar along the bottom of the thumbnail, with video
controls, like the audio files have. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:My_Bloody_Valentine_-_Last_Supper.ogg
No. Adding yet more gunk to the page is a really terrible idea, violating the fundamental principles of only showing more stuff on the page when strictly needed. Good point though, the bad display does need to be fixed for audio files.
There's already a control bar on some video files if you hover your mouse over them (It depends which code path is triggered. It happens on videos with big enough thumbnails that they aren't opened in a new window. This is true for most image pages).
I'm unclear on what specifically you are objecting to on audio files. Are you not liking the "Menu" button?
--bawolff