Thumbnail support for Wiki
Diane Whitehead (Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:48:13 PST)

Mark wrote:
[mouse-over] is a thoughtful addition for those that are visually or
motor or cognitively disabled.

I made the change to many of the A genera last night and just added a
minimal amount of text for the mouse over box - only enough to
produce the thumbnails.

It is a lot more work to make the mouse over text meaningful. It
requires thought, not just an addition of a few keyboard strokes. I
am not inclined to change masses of images if I need to think of
something worthwhile to write - last night I left out Allium for
later but now I feel daunted at the prospect.

The mouse over works now - I'm using Safari - but I can't see how it
would be helpful for someone disabled in any way as Mark suggested.
My mouse over text is smaller than the normal text on the page and
is fleeting. Also, I have to mouseover in the exact middle of the
thumb, and it is a fiddle to do this. Then it's gone, and the next
time I try it I can't get it to work - it must be tired. I can't see
that this would be a worthwhile way to access information. I would
much rather have text that stays still on the page so I can read it.

Diane Whitehead