AuroraWiki talk:Manual of Style

Image Sizing?

TMarkos post [1]: "I was wondering if we could talk about image sizing in articles - I notice you've been enlarging a few images around the site, particularly at the top of articles, to enhance visibility. While I agree in principle, the initial reason for keeping them as smaller thumbnails is to preserve readability for smaller screens or on mobile where the larger image can disrupt page layout. If you want to include a larger inline image we might want to use the feature that's on a few of the pages where it's hidden by default until the user chooses to expand it, or some other solution that is more mobile friendly. Let me know what you think!"

User:Havan_IronOak post [2] "I hadn't thought about portable devices when enlarging the images I did. I can see the merit of the argument for small images but it kind of limits those of us using full sized displays. Is there no technology that allows for multiple resolutions dependent on device type? How have other wikis handled the problem?"

Sorry for butting in, but I believe that we all have our preferred methods and its something that should addressed globally. There are several options I can think of:

1. Thumbnails, respect user preferences for image width (can be set in your profile) but IMO the default size is generally too small. Personally, I prefer a set size of 300px which are better for manual like wikis, and keeps them aligned with infoboxes. As far as I know this cause no problem with portable devices which should be rendering only the main space at about 800px+ (although don't quote me on that)
2. Placing tables in collapsible wrapper i.e. what I have been doing with screenshots. This best used for interface articles or step by step tutorials. Has the benefit of showing exactly what would be seen on the screen, can be hidden and I can play with css setting for min max width and scrolling parms for portable devices.

Anyway those are my two cents on the topic. --Mor (talk) 06:34, 11 February 2016 (PST)