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Use SVG for site logo, Notification icons, Watchlist star, Search and other icons.
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Description

The PNG elements of MediaWiki quickly begin to look terrible as the zoom is increased in a browser (especially compared to the rest of Vector, which scales up very smoothly). Anything above 100% zoom results in noticeable pixelation.

This is especially relevant as high resolution monitors become more common, and users will need to increase zoom to make the overall scale of a wiki page be usable and look good.

The site logo is the worst offender. Other problem icons include:
*All the Notification icons
*The Search magnifying glass
*The Watchlist star
*The Wikilove heart


Version: unspecified
Severity: normal

Details

Reference
bz60236

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:07 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz60236.
bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

I think all of those already have separate bugs filed for them blocking bug 32101.

See also http://caniuse.com/svg

According to that site, 84% of global web users can view SVG. If that's anywhere near correct, we'd need PNG fallback. Still, it's high time we used vector files for those who can use them.

  • This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 32101 ***