Posted by mbstevens on 10/21/06 03:43

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.

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