Brion Vibber wrote: > I've filed a bunch of bugs about low-resolution PNG and GIF icons in our > user interface, under the high-density tracking bug: > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=32101&hide_resolved=1 > > over time we should make sure that our UI is consistently scalable; using > native SVG icons with fallback PNGs should do. > > We'll have to do some experiments to determine a good way of doing > fallbacks, deciding when to render things out fully, etc. It may make sense > to have some per-image controls -- for instance files that are known to > render very slowly we might prefer to serve as rasters; non-SVG drawings > may also benefit from loading at higher resolution on high res displays. > > Anyway, more fun stuff for people to think about. :)
Related: <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/ipad-web-retina/>. Like nearly everything else, it's a matter of cost vs. benefit. :-) MZMcBride _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
