Hi, the PageImage of an article (that is shown in the opening window when mouse cursor is hovered on that article's hyperlinked text in another article) can be an animated story of multiple images of the original article, i.e., instead of showing a single PageImage (for example, a single *.jpg image), a GIF image of multiple images of that article can be displayed to the user when the user hovers his mouse cursor on that hyperlink. If we use this feature, a more informative story of that concept is shown graphically. Certainly this way, we convey the concept of article intuitively better, at a glance.
So I propose to add a GIF image making capability to Wikipedia. This component would takes as input multiple images and their timings in millisecond and outputs a GIF image. That is:
Input: [image1.jpg, 1ms, image2.jpg, 2ms]
Output: a GIF animation file for this images and timings
Thanks, Hooman Mallahzadeh
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Input: [image1.jpg, 1ms, image2.jpg, 2ms]
Thanks for reporting this. What is the underlying problem that is solved by specifying a timing? I'd like to avoid overengineering with no clear and real use cases.
@Aklapper Timing is a sign for importance of that image to the article's concept. For example, a GIF story for artilce Function_(mathematics) can include 2ms of image "File:Function_machine2.svg" and 1ms an example image e.g. "File:Injection_keine_Injektion_2a.svg".
So timing (in addition to image order) is a factor for indicating the importance of that image to the article concept. Additionally, adding timing capability aids for improving granularity of GIF making function that can be somehow important for new requirements.
I'm not sure users would both understand and appreciate - would you keep that PageImages popup open for that many seconds to see several images?
@Aklapper Nowadays such policy is applied to videos in video search engines like YouTube, and Google gallery creates image stories from captured images too.
But here, PageImage story of two images is created, because one says function is a "BlackBox", and one says function is "ManyToOne". Myself in my mind, when I remember a mathematical function, there are 2 images one for each aspect. I think this idea can be completed by a text explainer in the top of each image, that says "Function is BlackBox" and "Function is ManyToOne". Two images are required because each image indicates different aspect of the same concept.
Each image is shown for several seconds, i.e., they are shown in a time interval such that a normal person 1-Understands the picture 2-Can read the image caption. I think a normal person can do this actions in 2 or three seconds successfully.