Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-24739709-20151102183832/@comment-8072-20151105000101

Dessamator wrote: LordTBT wrote:

Well, I wouldn't describe "users" as "the problem" myself.

Redwall is a book-related wiki. We have images of every translation, in some cases this is above 20. This, imo, would be a great usage of this new function.

However, I think that amount of tabs is aesthetically and functionally unpleasant.

Thus, if there were an option to make the mobile "slideshow" possible to be displayed on mobile AND desktop, that would be fantastic. Hoping Wikia can weigh in here, given the support above. I briefly looked through Redwall wiki and didn't find a single infobox with a gallery. Even among the most used infoboxes according to Special:Insights, so I find it hard to believe that this has suddenly become an important use-case.

The appearance of the tabs can also be changed with css. So while I don't particularly have anything against slideshows in portable infoboxes, I believe that much like galleries they should be restricted to a reasonable number, and perhaps other images can be viewed in a separate page, popup or lightbox.

Wikia is currently defining or redefining what infoboxes are, and some restrictions need to be put into place to make sure they don't become kitchen sinks.

@Wikia Staff:

One possibility with this new tabber design is to use svg (or other) icons instead of text for the tabs, although this can probably be achieved using css. An image is worth a thousand words after all.

Even as a concept, this did not occur to me until I saw this very thread. And when I did, I thought it was a great idea. Provided slideshow functionality was available for desktop in addition to mobile, I would roll it out immediately. "Important-use case" is entirely subjective.

Furthermore, I'd add restrictions are also entirely subjective. Wikia editors should be allowed to use this function as they see fit. If your individual wiki does not want X number of images in a gallery, make it part of your official rules. It doesn't need to be a part of the code here.