[Translators-l] Read Now button l10n

[Paul Selitskas]

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Casey Brown <lists at caseybrown.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Paul Selitskas <p.selitskas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The point is that pushing translated 'Read
>> Now' button for this banner's rollout would be much better solution.
>
> That would probably be helpful, since I think English has found that
> the buttons helped them a lot.  An easy solution for this would be to
> use an HTML button for the translations instead of an image button,
> just like we did in 2007:
> <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2007/Donate/es>
>
> This button would be able to just pull the text translation like any
> other CentralNotice translation, making it a lot easier for us to
> publish.  It might not look as pretty, but it's easy to publish,
> changes to the size of the message, and is more flexible.
>
> Does that sound doable/desirable?
>
> --
> Casey Brown
> Cbrown1023
>

Seems to make sense. Moreover, 'Read More' button design can violate
Microsoft patents if any. Hope that I'm wrong. :)

Although, that button is weird and inattractive, but the idea is all good.

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