(Sorry, I think I might have confused the issue by giving too much
background information in my initial request!)

Also, step#3 should include CSS to make the arrow *render* consistently, as
well as give consistent clickable-width.
(Per the problems visible in the screenshot, related to non-ClearType in
WindowsXP http://i.imgur.com/HN5HIC2.png)


(Unrelatedly/Tangentially, to your link to "pure css arrows", see
http://pattle.github.io/simpsons-in-css/  ;)


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Quiddity <[email protected]> wrote:

> No no! Simple!
>
> * Note that the default mediawiki output is:
> <li id="$1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">[[#$2|↑]]</span> $3</li>
>
> * Find out where "mw-cite-backlink" is currently defined. (?)
>
> * Suggest changes to that CSS, that will work to make the arrow a
> consistently wide number of clickable pixels. (What we want)
>
> * Profit!
>
>
>
>
> On 13-11-15 10:01 AM, Jared Zimmerman wrote:
>
>> you mean something like this?
>>
>> http://blustemy-design.com/blog/drawing-pure-css-arrows-with-less-mixins/
>>
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>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Quiddity <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 13-11-15 05:04 AM, Jared Zimmerman wrote:
>>
>>         The screenreader case seems like even more reason to have it be a
>>         image/button with descriptive alt text rather than relying on
>> what a
>>         particular piece of screen reader software said an extended
>>         character
>>         should represent, since we're using it for something different.
>>
>>
>>     This aspect is already solved, as I pointed out yesterday in
>>     http://lists.wikimedia.org/__pipermail/design/2013-__
>> November/001159.html
>>
>>     <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2013-
>> November/001159.html>
>>     screenreaders now say "Jump up" no matter what the character is.
>>
>>
>>     There's no problem with the unicode arrow, except that it isn't
>>     reliably/consistently styled cross-browser/platform.  I was really
>>     hoping you'd suggest a simple CSS fix.
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