https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16437
Summary: Ability to preview vector/re-rendered images in
Special:Upload "warning" interstitial.
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.14-svn
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Images
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is related to bug 2537 and especially
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2537#c12 but not a duplicate (at
least, not one in my opinion, and if it gets duped I will go have a cry).
I suggest a different approach to comment 12 in bug 2537 : Rather than
re-generating the whole form like an edit does with the [preview] button, why
not a checkbox like [x] preview (and this could be context-sensitive based on
the file extension with javascript, no need to preview jpeg/png/etc). This
would tap into the general warning interstitial page (seen for duplicate
warning, file exists warning, deleted duplicate warning, large image warning),
and show a (large resolution? maybe based on user prefs) preview of the
rendered image, without requiring a reupload if the user chooses to save, but
also not committing the user to a full upload just to test such an image (SVG
in particular).
This would have great use with the images that are always
rasterized/transformed for content, such as SVG, PDF, DJVU.
This is suggested as a first step towards a full history/diff/live-edit of SVG
as vaguely hinted by http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10103177-2.html
"Wikipedia users may soon get a way to view the revisions that people make
offline to photos by flipping through previous versions of the images."
(And while this may not apply to SVG in particular, such a system would be
pretty sweet. Especially since duplicating Wikimedia's rsvg setup is not easy,
and there is no way to actually test against it without creating a permanent
(even if deleted) revision to the image servers, wasting space. A gentle next
step to this system would be a plain text entry field for raw SVG data
previewing... )
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