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 and/or * Place the play-button-overlay somewhere other than the middle-center. Perhaps bottom-center. Or bottom-left with a timeslider, like vimeo uses. https://vimeo.com/104966526
(I understand the lack of time to work on this. Just discussing it further to get the ideas written out somewhere. :)