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.
--bawolff
On 11/3/14, Fabrice Florin fflorin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Nick,
Thanks for the update about this video player icon issue.
Sadly, our multimedia team is still spread very thin, and we've had to push back any audio or video work to next fiscal year, with a very heavy heart. :(
That said, this seems like a relatively easy fix to make, so perhaps we could look at it first when we start looking at video again next year.
All the best,
Fabrice
On Oct 31, 2014, at 12:41 PM, quiddity pandiculation@gmail.com wrote:
interesting short thread/idea here, regarding the "play icon" overlay on video thumbnails. To somehow make it less dominating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28idea_lab%29#Less_int... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28idea_lab%29#Less_intrusive_video_player_icon
I think this has been discussed before, but I forget where. Perhaps someone here could summarize the options and pros/cons, or can find links to older threads? _______________________________________________ Multimedia mailing list Multimedia@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia
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