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→Rename PC and Mobile in tables?
== Rename PC and Mobile in tables? ==
Should we rename ''PC'' and ''Mobile'' in the emulator tables to something like ''x86'' and ''ARM''? Since ARM builds might also be for Raspberry Pi, other SBCs, Linux ARM phones, tablets, ARM laptops, etc. / [[User:Jpx|Jpx]] ([[User talk:Jpx|talk]]) 12:11, 25 December 2019 (CET)
:I think ''PC / x86'' and ''Mobile / ARM'' would be good for now until something like what FosterHaven suggested happens. Just x86/ARM will confuse some people. -[[User:SonofUgly|SonofUgly]] ([[User talk:SonofUgly|talk]]) 06:06, 27 December 2019 (CET)
:Platform listing needs an overhaul in general. What I'd like to do is list platforms via icons instead of text, since it's more compact and arguably just as identifiable. That way we can work the logos of each icon into emulator articles with download links. For example, the Windows logo for Windows, Tux's head for Linux, the Apple logo for macOS. The column would be the same but we could probably put Android and iOS in the same rows since it won't take up as much space. Some projects already use a similar approach; RetroArch's download page uses logos for each platform along with their names, and the Official Minecraft wiki uses this in their infoboxes for each version of the game. I'd also like to keep the icons as a uniform color (like black), but that might cause problems with custom dark themes that work via CSS. -[[User:FosterHaven|FosterHaven]] ([[User talk:FosterHaven|talk]]) 21:08, 25 December 2019 (CET)
::Only thing about this is I think the icons should be pretty small so it doesn't increase the table's size too much, x20px [[File:N64_logo.png|x20px]] wouldn't change the table at all but that's probably too small, maybe x32px [[File:N64_logo.png|x32px]] would be good instead. Also it should be up to the theme makers to account for changing icons to fit their themes (and small things like that are can be added as base64 strings right into the css). Although I'm not sure a single colored icon that small will be identifiable enough (there's more than 20 platforms listed, plus just distinguishing different Windows version's logos, or Xbox/360/One logos), more colors would definitely help in that regard. -[[User:SonofUgly|SonofUgly]] ([[User talk:SonofUgly|talk]]) 06:06, 27 December 2019 (CET)
