Template talk:Backtotop

I've never understood the need for a "back to top" link on any website. All you have to do is hit the Home key. So i guess I'm questioning the reason for this template's existence. Dr ishmael 01:09, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Not everyone is aware of the Home key and it's function in a browser. Pressing the home key also only works if the browser is the active window and that's something I've run into with my hosting clients. (I run a small managed webhosting company.  We cater to soccer moms.) The icon is a bit much for me.  And kind of unStar Trek-ish I would think.  Maybe "Beam me to the top of the page"?  --Drmike 01:20, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * "Not everyone is aware of the Home key and it's function in a browser." - Yes i am one of the many people which don't use or know where it is or don't want to know . The back to top button is fastest and easiest way to go the top of the page ,after reading a large page content,in the end, without reloading a page (what if,while reading a page, internet connection is lost ?) or even use the mouse to drag the slider page up to the top.This small template can be used on huge wiki pages by everyone without needing to write a script.This template is used here (page still not finished 100%).
 * It calls the TOC, it's not an anchor and can be used on many huge pages.
 * Thank you very much Drmike for your cool Trek-ish suggestion i will use again my knowledges in adobe to create another themed image :) asap. --Cris333 00:25, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I guess I just feel like people need to stop being lazy and learn to use their frakkin' keyboards. :P &mdash;Dr Ishmael User_Dr_ishmael_Diablo_the_chicken.gif 15:02, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, and the current image is way too huge. Most "back to top" links are small and unobtrusive, whereas this would overwhelm any page where the final section is mostly text.  On the one page where it is used now, it certainly distracts me from reading the PvP usage tips.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael User_Dr_ishmael_Diablo_the_chicken.gif 15:06, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with ishmael. I'm not sure whether we actually need a button like this. However, the current picture is way too huge. If we incorporate this it should rather be normal text with (maybe) an icon. --Backyardserenade 15:51, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I learned a long time ago that telling a mother of 3 that they need to learn and understand all of their computer is a bad idea when they only get a few minutes each day to sit at it and get their personal work done. Or play Star Trek Online even.  I think making it as easy as possible for them would be a good idea.  To be honest I don;t see a need for the button either as most people I've come across who are unaware of the Home key just use their mouse to slide the bar or something similar.  But if someone else thinks of and sees such a need, maybe we're all missing something.


 * Maybe it just needs to be hardcoded into the footer of the theme instead. Is that even doable? --Drmike 19:08, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I can understand most people being ignorant of obscure multi-key shortcuts like Ctrl+Shift+T, but in all seriousness, there's no excuse for not knowing what the Home and End keys are for. &mdash;Dr Ishmael User_Dr_ishmael_Diablo_the_chicken.gif 19:22, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I resized the displayed image with the "px" option, if the icons are to big i can resize them by creating a new image (i still have the layers).Indeed it was a bit huge and on mobile devices(mobile phones,pads..etc) this could charge extra memory even if it is autoresized.This option migh come in handy for the kids or even women who read a long page and they are not familiar with home key, which btw is set by default to a web search engine (in my case , google.com from google chrome).Why me or anyone else would set default page at the last visited page(everytime) just to jump to the top of it :)? (and once the page is loaded the back to top can get you to the top without reloading the page = what if the internet connection is lost when reading that page? :) not many peolpe use "Work Offline" option in the browser :)) If the admin Eyes decides this is not welcomed/useful/against kids use policy or ToS/to huge file size = template 208 bytes,image 39kb then he can delete it or make a poll. :) --Cris333 00:25, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Uh, what? The default action for the Home key is "scroll to top of page," it's not "reload current page" or "go to Google.com" or anything like that.  You must have something installed that is intercepting the Home keypress and causing a different action to be triggered.
 * On resizing images, MW generates a resized version of the image that gets sent instead of the full image, so what you did is indeed better for mobile users. &mdash;Dr Ishmael User_Dr_ishmael_Diablo_the_chicken.gif 00:34, 15 March 2012 (UTC)