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Posted by dorayme on 10/21/06 04:34
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<eHg_g.16761$UG4.3166@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
>
> > You can easily solve the problem of giving everyone what they
> > want by ensuring you offer different sizes and making this plain.
> > For big files, best to make it clear they can download it for
> > printing (don't lay it into the page, except for a link to it).
> > Thumbnails and moderate sizes for enlargements for the average
> > we\bsite, say 100px square and 500px square as a rough guide.
> > Anything much bigger, I would take heed of what mb says.
> >
>
> Also, 'previous' - 'next' links are often
> useful for truly serial things like stories
> and articles. But if you do not really need
> to control the visitor's experience, it would
> be better to present thumbnails on a single
> page and let the visitor choose which
> enlargements s/he wants to see in the order
> they want to see them.
>
> For example, there must be thousands of
> photographer sites on the net that would be
> better off without 'previous' - 'next' links.
> It is really irritating to have the
> photographer's sequencing forced onto you.
> Other kinds of art sites also often try to
> herd the visitor. I often give up on even
> fine work because I get tired of being forced
> into a sequence.
Good point. Photoshop back in version 6 was aware of it and in
their (tables based) photo gallery auto feature generated
thumbnails for the index pages and on each page of the
enlargement was a forward and back button, and an "up" arrow
button to go back to the index pages.
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dorayme
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