it can't be done client side. It must be done on both sides, so that
user can save their preference into database without having to set it
everytime they get their cookies wiped (which in my case is like 10
times a day just by switching devices and browsers)
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Gabriel Wicke <gwicke(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On 01/17/2014 12:58 AM, Petr Bena wrote:
I think it would be cool if an extension was
created which would allow
everyone to specify what units they prefer, and the values in articles
would be converted automatically based on preference.
Whatever you do, make it client-side. It would be great to expose type
information with an attribute in HTML, so that it can be used for
client-side unit conversions. Ideally the typed information comes
directly from wikidata (and can be fed to nice table/pie chart/whatever
widgets), but it should also not be too hard to mark up data that lives
on the wiki the same way.
Gabriel
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