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Bug 36075 - Remove asterisks around current language name in <language> navigation bar
Remove asterisks around current language name in <language> navigation bar
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 34113
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
Translate (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Unprioritized normal (vote)
: ---
Assigned To: Niklas Laxström
: design
Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported: 2012-04-18 19:21 UTC by Krinkle
Modified: 2012-12-13 17:24 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Web browser: ---
Mobile Platform: ---
Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---


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screenshot showing *English* as the current selection (105.22 KB, image/png)
2012-04-18 19:21 UTC, Krinkle
Details

Description Krinkle 2012-04-18 19:21:23 UTC
Created attachment 10433 [details]
screenshot showing *English* as the current selection

The asterisks add no value whatshowever. The other visual indications using the black color, font-weight and un-clickability of the link already are clear enough (especially in MediaWiki context since this principle is used in core as well - *without* the *asterisks* around *it*).

The asterisks only add more clutter to the screen and are inconsistent with what the user is trained in MediaWiki core. And they also take up precious space in the (already cluttered) language navigation bar. Which has a lot of stuff into it, is clunky and big and should probably get a redesign in general at some point, but for now I'd say the asterisks are low ganging fruit to fix for the user.

Bug 34113 made this configurable with css, but I have no intension of overriding this through css on all wikis using Translate. This is a no brainer and can just done in the extension itself for everyone to enjoy equally.
Comment 1 Siebrand Mazeland 2012-04-18 19:39:16 UTC
Closing as later. We're doing a workflow analysis at the moment, you're referring to an issue report that addresses the immediate personal assessment of the design.
Comment 2 Krinkle 2012-04-22 15:29:04 UTC
Would you accept patches? I could just fix this myself in a minute if that's okay. Or do it on the local wikis.
Comment 3 Niklas Laxström 2012-04-23 12:17:43 UTC
I'm not emotionally attached to them and I can approve a patch if you submit one in Gerrit.
Comment 4 Nemo 2012-12-13 15:47:07 UTC
I think this was already fixed at some point?
Comment 5 Niklas Laxström 2012-12-13 17:19:54 UTC
Ie5b5c8a518251c55604bf1dbb1131dd76e9e0676
Comment 6 Nemo 2012-12-13 17:24:38 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 34113 ***

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