On Mon, 08 Jul 2013 22:50:09 +0200, Jared Zimmerman <jared.zimmerman(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
I was actually quite drawn to the images that were
clean with no overlays
until mouseover, it was also more closely tied to the look of the commons
uploader mobile app. We feel strongly that consistency between these would
be ideal.
I'd urge you to continue to explore a dark overlay on hover style for the
desktop.
Please no. Let's not create another incarnation of mystery meat[1]. Captions are
content and they should be immediately visible if they're present.
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_meat_navigation
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Matma Rex