Brion Vibber wrote:
I've gone ahead and implemented the initial part for 1.19 (disabled the math rendering options other than PNG and source), and opened another bug entry with some details on how to add the baseline shifting that should make PNGs nicer inline:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32694
While I'm mucking about in there, I'd like to note that I'm also interested in making higher-resolution images, suitable both for printing and for high-density screens (iPhone 4 being the best-known example in use in the wild). Generating another PNG or two should be easy; getting them to display reliably might be slightly funkier. :)
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=32696
When I've got something working for that I'll check around to make sure it works consistently for people and doesn't break any tools.
Did you have a chance to evaluate MathJax? http://www.mathjax.org/ I know it's come up in past math discussions and that a lot of math folks think it looks promising. A technical analysis of its feasibility on Wikimedia wikis would be great. Killing the less-used, ancient math options is great, but perhaps adding one wouldn't be too bad to do too. :-)
MZMcBride