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Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 10/21/06 07:06
On 2006-10-21, mbstevens 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.
The existence of a sequence does not force you into it unless you
choose to use it.
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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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