[Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

[Erik Moeller]

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> I think the change that's pointed out in this thread is that the
> banners that were running as of this weekend(?) expand to take up
> about more than 2x the vertical size with an in-banner donation form
> even if you just move your mouse over them. That's a change from the
> previous approach, where you had to click the banner to expand it.

For easier comparability of the two banner behaviors -

Activation on click (old behavior):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Lorenzo?banner=B12_5C_120216_SuperCondensed_Click

Activation on hover (current behavior):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Lorenzo?banner=B12_5C_120216_SuperCondensed_Hover

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Cheers,
Erik
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Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation

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