Last modified: 2014-03-12 17:29:46 UTC
Created attachment 14733 [details] 200% Even at normal sizes, the Wikipedia wordmark hosted on wikipedia.org looks fuzzy. When you use a high-density display or increase size, you can see this even more. Simple fix is likely to use an SVG version of the wordmark, with PNG fallback.
By fallback, do you mean like http://css-tricks.com/svg-fallbacks/? I am not sure this even requires a bug -- the raw HTML can be edited in a sandbox [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Www.wikipedia.org_template/temp here] and any editprotected (admin, etc.) user can edit the raw HTML: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Www.wikipedia.org_template Would this apply only to Wikipedia or to other portals as well?
(In reply to PiRSquared17 from comment #1) > By fallback, do you mean like http://css-tricks.com/svg-fallbacks/? I don't know which technique we prefer but I do know this is our preferred solution, since it accounts for browsers without SVG support. > I am not sure this even requires a bug -- the raw HTML can be edited in a > sandbox [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Www.wikipedia.org_template/temp > here] and any editprotected (admin, etc.) user can edit the raw HTML: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Www.wikipedia.org_template Sure. I filed the bug because a developer needs to write the implementation. > > Would this apply only to Wikipedia or to other portals as well? It may. Some portals it seem (like Wiktionary.org) use plain text with Linux Libertine set in the CSS, which is probably not great considering very few users have that typeface installed. Others, like Wikivoyage, also use a PNG so this probably applies as well.
It already uses a background image, so the idea behind background-image-svg (in core) can be used. However, it can't actually use that mixin, since LESS is not available on-wiki so far. But the output can be copied.
Is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg the right SVG?
Never mind, I missed that you were talking about the wordmark, so neither of the above apply. It's using an image, which means it's not as straightforward. It should work in theory since there is a srcset. Maybe the problem is the explicit width. Which browser are you testing with?
Part of the problem might also be that jquery.hidpi is not loaded, since it's not a wiki page. So if there's no native support, it wouldn't work.
(In reply to Matthew Flaschen from comment #6) > Part of the problem might also be that jquery.hidpi is not loaded, since > it's not a wiki page. So if there's no native support, it wouldn't work. mw and jQuery are not loaded on portal pages, but [[m:MediaWiki:Gadget-wm-portal.js]] is. I would certainly prefer a non-JS solution if feasible, as not everyone has JavaScript enabled. (In reply to Steven Walling from comment #2) > Sure. I filed the bug because a developer needs to write the implementation. That's reasonable. I have also posted this on the relevant talk page (for Wikipedia portal, not others).
(In reply to PiRSquared17 from comment #7) > (In reply to Matthew Flaschen from comment #6) > > Part of the problem might also be that jquery.hidpi is not loaded, since > > it's not a wiki page. So if there's no native support, it wouldn't work. > > mw and jQuery are not loaded on portal pages, but > [[m:MediaWiki:Gadget-wm-portal.js]] is. I would certainly prefer a non-JS > solution if feasible, as not everyone has JavaScript enabled. Well, one option is to convert it to a background image, then use the same technique background-image-svg does. That wouldn't use JS.
(In reply to Matthew Flaschen from comment #8) > (In reply to PiRSquared17 from comment #7) > > (In reply to Matthew Flaschen from comment #6) > > > Part of the problem might also be that jquery.hidpi is not loaded, since > > > it's not a wiki page. So if there's no native support, it wouldn't work. > > > > mw and jQuery are not loaded on portal pages, but > > [[m:MediaWiki:Gadget-wm-portal.js]] is. I would certainly prefer a non-JS > > solution if feasible, as not everyone has JavaScript enabled. > > Well, one option is to convert it to a background image, then use the same > technique background-image-svg does. That wouldn't use JS. Feel free to implement it on the /temp subpages, then we can see if it works. Please do not edit the main portal without updating /temp (also, the main portal uses minified CSS)
