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:::: I hadn't realized there are multiple skins that look rather different; that makes it harder to please all people all the time. :) But I like the current tabs look in most skins: [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=monobook monobook], [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=monaco monaco], [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=modern modern], [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=vector vector] – except [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=cologneblue cologneblue] (but that entire skin is ugly, IMO).
 
:::: I hadn't realized there are multiple skins that look rather different; that makes it harder to please all people all the time. :) But I like the current tabs look in most skins: [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=monobook monobook], [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=monaco monaco], [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=modern modern], [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=vector vector] – except [http://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Quasar/Sandbox&useskin=cologneblue cologneblue] (but that entire skin is ugly, IMO).
 
:::: Another change I'd like to propose is making the tab-connected border around the entire thumbnail a bit tighter: currently it takes up too much horizontal space and feels too loose. Changing class 'dw-tabimg' padding to 0.3em (or even 0.2em) and class 'thumb' margin-bottom to the same accomplishes this (but 'thumb' may be used elsewhere so I'm not sure whether there are side effects). --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 05:19, 25 April 2016 (CDT)
 
:::: Another change I'd like to propose is making the tab-connected border around the entire thumbnail a bit tighter: currently it takes up too much horizontal space and feels too loose. Changing class 'dw-tabimg' padding to 0.3em (or even 0.2em) and class 'thumb' margin-bottom to the same accomplishes this (but 'thumb' may be used elsewhere so I'm not sure whether there are side effects). --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 05:19, 25 April 2016 (CDT)
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::::: The "thumb" class is part of MediaWiki's global style sheets and can't be altered there w/o changing the global behavior of images on the site. --[[User:Quasar|Quasar]] ([[User talk:Quasar|talk]]) 06:15, 25 April 2016 (CDT)

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I would like to advance the status of discussion on Template:Maptabs, for which I requested additional input over the last couple of months but have received no additional replies. I recently revised Common.css to give the widget a less gaudy grayscale color scheme that should be skin neutral.

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It's better now. The question of rounded corner vs. angled corner remains, though; personally I would prefer a uniform style -- it doesn't matter to me whether it's rounded corners on everything, or square corners on everything, I just want it to be consistent. I have pretty much nothing further to say. --Gez (talk) 07:05, 21 August 2015 (CDT)
I agree that the big rounded corners look out of place, but there is (at least) one other area that already employs rounded corners: the User Page & Discussion tabs atop a user page. The border-radius is 7px there, much smaller than the 1em used in the maptabs template. Applying this value temporarily (via Firebug) to CSS class "dw-tab" makes them look fine IMO, and I'd prefer them to completely rectangular corners. Quasar, could you apply that value so that others can easily review it? Then maybe we can wrap up this RFC soonish. :) --Xymph (talk) 15:51, 24 April 2016 (CDT)
The element to which you refer is skin-specific and only appears in the Monaco skin, which is this site's default. Many of our users dislike that skin however and use the older standard MediaWiki MonoBook theme instead, which uses strictly square tabs with no more than 1px borders. Redoing the CSS to be more neutral is not impossible, but the current look is not inspired by nor meant to look in place only within Monaco to begin with. Monaco still has mostly square borders as well. However rounded borders do not have to be an all-or-nothing thing; why not use them where they are OK or appropriate? I already unrepentently used them to create Template:GamePicsPortal and will not be undoing the styling on that component as I think it looks very cool personally. --Quasar (talk) 22:28, 24 April 2016 (CDT)
I have applied your suggestion and I do not personally object to the change. It's a bit less slouchy looking. --Quasar (talk) 22:35, 24 April 2016 (CDT)
I hadn't realized there are multiple skins that look rather different; that makes it harder to please all people all the time. :) But I like the current tabs look in most skins: monobook, monaco, modern, vector – except cologneblue (but that entire skin is ugly, IMO).
Another change I'd like to propose is making the tab-connected border around the entire thumbnail a bit tighter: currently it takes up too much horizontal space and feels too loose. Changing class 'dw-tabimg' padding to 0.3em (or even 0.2em) and class 'thumb' margin-bottom to the same accomplishes this (but 'thumb' may be used elsewhere so I'm not sure whether there are side effects). --Xymph (talk) 05:19, 25 April 2016 (CDT)
The "thumb" class is part of MediaWiki's global style sheets and can't be altered there w/o changing the global behavior of images on the site. --Quasar (talk) 06:15, 25 April 2016 (CDT)