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Bug 72013 - Can't see or click login button due to fundraising banner
Can't see or click login button due to fundraising banner
Status: REOPENED
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
CentralNotice (Other open bugs)
unspecified
PC Linux
: Unprioritized normal (vote)
: ---
Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
: accessibility, fundraising
Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported: 2014-10-14 06:33 UTC by Nemo
Modified: 2014-11-19 00:18 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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


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Trying to click the login button with a fundraising banner in my way (121.02 KB, image/png)
2014-10-14 06:33 UTC, Nemo
Details

Description Nemo 2014-10-14 06:33:57 UTC
Created attachment 16760 [details]
Trying to click the login button with a fundraising banner in my way

The image speaks by itself.

Yes, if I know there is a register/login button I can move the cursor away and then back, but this doesn't help anything.

P.s.: Yes, the banner as a whole takes more space than is available for the article. I guess that's a milestone too.
Comment 1 Andre Klapper 2014-10-14 10:47:48 UTC
Please provide browser information for such rendering issues...
Comment 2 Andre Klapper 2014-10-15 10:25:30 UTC
Hmm, what was the URL parameter to enforce showing that banner...
Comment 3 Nemo 2014-10-15 10:36:27 UTC
(In reply to Andre Klapper from comment #2)
> Hmm, what was the URL parameter to enforce showing that banner...

?force=1&banner=$name. Names can be retrieved from the banners associated to active (green) campaigns at [[m:Special:CentralNotice]]. Oh, there's even an "on-wiki preview" link now from [[m:Special:CentralNoticeBanners]] and individual banner pages.
Comment 5 Peter Coombe 2014-11-18 12:22:14 UTC
That part of the banner only appears when a user's cursor is over the banner. It is the most unobtrusive way we've found to present the information which we are legally obliged to display to donors. The alternatives are to always show it, and make the whole banner bigger by default. Or we can add extra space below the banner so that it never covers the log in links, at which point people will complain that we are wasting space. I'm going to close this as WONTFIX, although suggestions for a better way to do it are always welcome.

As for the overall size, it looks like you're using a browser width of 1024px. Estimates are that only around 6% of users have their browser at or below this size, but I'll see if we can add some media queries to reduce the font-size for them. You also seem to be overriding font settings, which is making the banner appear larger than it would normally.
Comment 6 Nemo 2014-11-18 12:36:51 UTC
(In reply to Peter Coombe from comment #5)
> suggestions for a better
> way to do it are always welcome.

* Not using the full width, so that the login button isn't covered.
* Dismissing upon click.
* Using some transparency so that the button is partly visible behind the banner.
* Pushing the page down so that everything is visible below the banner.
* Uncollapse towards the top rather than the bottom, by covering part of the banner rather than the content and personal tools.

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