its quite different, but i like it, especially how you can get code to use for embedding, and in different sizes now. plus it now shows the exif info, not sure if thats good or bad etc lol, but its cool :)
Yes like it - like that you can see a bit of profile info with the pic rather than having to click separately to get that. Took me a few secs to work out where calendar view was but found it - doh. Does seem to be a bit of a bug on the view large - I can't scroll down to the bottom of the pic either. Otherwise all looking good.
With the "view large" cutting off the images - @islawight@spaceman what resolution are your monitors running at, and do you have your browser maximised? I'm guessing you're on 17" monitors or just not maximising your browser, as at 1280x1024 (19" resolution) you can see the bottoms.
To actually fix it if you really are rocking 17" will require some code changes to the site by Ross. The images are 700px high at the mo so you'd need at least that much room in your browser's viewport to see them.
Not sure if I like it or not but that could be because I'm never fond of change. It doesn't really matter though because it's done and I'm sure I'll be used to it in a few days. I do like it that you can see profile info on the page though.
Also I got a feature request - if a given day has a photo in more than one album, how about including a thumbnail/link to those other same-day-different-album photos somewhere on that day's photo view?
@eyebrows - thanks for the tips - I'm on a laptop - resolution is the recommended 1366x788 - browser is maximised (same result if view full screen also). It's not so much you can't see the whole image - it's that even tho' there are scroll bars - you cannot use them to scroll down to see the bottom of the image.
@eyebrows Hey, does the file quality seem improved to you, too? The "large" view looks like it should, from the few I've checked. Though I haven't gone to compare kb yet.
@islawight Yeah the scrollbars not working is down to the way Ross has done the HTML for the display... these things (overlays) are always tricky to make work in these situations.
@jinximages Well it's still a downsample from whatever you upload, so if (like most of mine) you uploaded at 550px then the "view large" is still 550px and shown that size, so makes no difference.
For my more recent 1280px ones though, the image has actually been downsampled to 1024px on the longest edge, but is then only displayed in the "view large" ligthbox at 700px high, so, you've got two stages of downsampling - the 'physical' conversion by Ross's PHP code from 1280 -> 1024, then the browser resizing on the fly that 1024 image to 700 high. The second one's going to harm quality more than the first, I think, if we're nitpicking.
No reason to suspect the initial 1280 -> 1024 downsample is any different to the regular 1280 -> 550 one quality wise, the libraries that do this tend to be part of the server environment and not something one can change willy-nilly. Exporting one at 1024 myself the downsampled one does appear sharper, curiously enough, but looking closely it's just down to JPEG artefacting and noise I think (the JPEG encoder on the server being lower quality than adobe's one in Lightroom).
This new addition to our pictures is fantastic. love to be able to read up on people..where they are from - that is if they tell us. -and a little bit about them when I look t their pictures. feels like I'm getting to know them.
I like it - apart from the 'view large' scrollbars not working, as it's the photos that do enlarge in that view are the ones that are cut off.
Apart from that, cool :)
lol. woke up very early this morning.. (4.am) and got on here and thought .. am I loosing it? did something change?? lol maybe I should get some sleep before trolling the net!!!
I like the new layout but I can't display my pictures as "Large"; there's only the size you see on the main page and then small and thumbnail I think. Weird, because I just looked at someone else's picture and a large version pops up just fine.
So does anyone know why there is no large version of my pics? I'm uploading them via email and they are way bigger than the "Small" size on the project page.
@electricwriter depends what size you uploaded them at. Did you shrink them down to 550 before uploading? Most of mine were, so only a handful of my more recent ones can actually be seen large, because larger versions of older photos simply don't exist.
Also: I like that I can see the number of views without having to scroll down now, too. It's possible I'm only imagining having to scroll to see them before... but I know there was something I had to scroll to see.
I dont like it am afraid, it doesnt do the images any fav's.. they looked okay standing out on their own with the comments below, and no clutter on the same eyeline. For a photography site, I dont think its a good move as the photo no longer pops out of the page. Surely the photo is the most important thing here?
Do like some of the features, just wish they were underneath or something. And I have to add, its a bit facebooky for my liking.
I reckon something's going on with uploading via email. The site is somehow shrinking the pics regardless of what size settings I have in Picasa. I'll try a manual upload tomorrow and see if it's any different. Annoying.
None of my pictures show up in any of the sizes bigger than "Small"... I'm not sure why because I always upload in the original big size. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with using Piknic?
@blightygal I have to agree with you--sorry too. There's too much going on and it detracts from the photo. That, and I don't like that the week's photos are that weird shade of white until you scroll over them.
@clarissajohal Actually, now that I've had time to digest it I, too, am not so keen on having so much stuff next to the photo. I think previous photos are much better positioned underneath the current one like before. Also, I think it's better to have navigation arrows on the left and right of the main pic to scroll through the set as that is naturally where a user looks.
wow...it's definitely different. but i like it. however it will need some time getting use to, but i really think it's wonderful. a lot more convienent to navigate. (:
no no no , photos are now too small, my screen is only 17" and the best photos need to be full size, please can we have to option to go to old style, please...
I love the 'englarge' feature, however, I'm in agreement with some of the others, I think there's a bit much 'clutter', aslo, I liked the percentage thingy. I do like the enlarge though :)
Ross, I would have put a selection for other albums for ace members. You still have to click "albums" then select the other one to look at. (you put "date taken" on the right panel, why not an album selector???)
After I first got lost on my own page I am beginning to like it, especially the enlarge feature. Bot so thrilled about the right side and the miniatures.
I thought it was perfect before; I guess I don't like change. It will take some getting used to. All the info to the right of the picture is distracting. I liked it below so I can focus on the image.
love the new format, like the fact you can make an image larger too to get a good look at it and i like that all the info is consisely on the same page with no scrolling required!!
@eyebrows ~ A question, since you know this stuff! For *all* my photos EXCEPT my last photo (19 Dec, because I wanted to test it) I usually upload with 1024 as the longest dimension. Howeverrrr, when I go 'view large', it shows up as 365's size (550 as the longest dimension), and not at 1024 (which is what I uploaded it as and what my exif data says).
The strange thing is that my last photo, which I uploaded at 1800 as the longest dimension, shows up in its full size!!! It does not make the sense. xD Any thoughts?
@pocketmouse Hrm... did you upload via email, picnic, or something else? A couple other people have had this issue and they were doing some other non-direct upload method, so it's most likely to be that. If you were uploading normally though I have no idea I'm afraid!
@eyebrows ~ I upload normally every single time! Absolutely no difference between when I uploaded the 1024 and when I uploaded the 1800. Guess I'll just play around with it a bit more to figure it out. xD
@Scrivna Any way to protect the images from right click download? I realize people can still do a screen grab if they want to 'steel' your work, but why make it any easier? Or how about an option to opt out of the larger sized views?
Thanks!
@Scrivna Um, I guess I'm one of the few who liked it better the way it was. I do like the added info, but I prefer it to be located underneath the photo as before. But that's just me. You're doing a right fine job with all of this and I won't complain!!!
Yup - I just uploaded today's pic via the site's uploader and the large size is there when you click the link. So if you upload via email the photos are stuck as "Small" or 550px or whatever it is.
I go on hiatus for about a week and I come back and everything's different!! lol Honestly not sure if I like it. It will def take some getting used to. Not a fan of the pictures being faded out, also can't find the calendar! I logged in to see what days I was missing, and now I have no clue!!
don't like it, it's too much like Flikr (to me) and I don't really like Flikr .. but oh well, with all the changes Facebook goes through this is nothing =P .
@aikiuser What I liked about the previous format was that you focussed on the picture, but hey, you can't please all the people all the time and I am in a minority too.
@Scrivna@miranda@aikiuser I'm in agreement with you ladies. I like the added info, but feel it would be better to have it below the picture as it was before, not competing with it. But just as Jenn said, this site is awesome, and i so appreciate all your hard work Ross.
Yeah, I was away over the weekend as well and come back to everything changed. It was different, but was easy to figure out and find things. It's like everything else you just get use to it. :-)
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Is is just me,but you can never see the bottom of the photo if you view large? Scrolling down doesn`t help,nothing : -/
Thanks!!
To actually fix it if you really are rocking 17" will require some code changes to the site by Ross. The images are 700px high at the mo so you'd need at least that much room in your browser's viewport to see them.
For my more recent 1280px ones though, the image has actually been downsampled to 1024px on the longest edge, but is then only displayed in the "view large" ligthbox at 700px high, so, you've got two stages of downsampling - the 'physical' conversion by Ross's PHP code from 1280 -> 1024, then the browser resizing on the fly that 1024 image to 700 high. The second one's going to harm quality more than the first, I think, if we're nitpicking.
No reason to suspect the initial 1280 -> 1024 downsample is any different to the regular 1280 -> 550 one quality wise, the libraries that do this tend to be part of the server environment and not something one can change willy-nilly. Exporting one at 1024 myself the downsampled one does appear sharper, curiously enough, but looking closely it's just down to JPEG artefacting and noise I think (the JPEG encoder on the server being lower quality than adobe's one in Lightroom).
Apart from that, cool :)
is really cool, the image quality is excellent.
Nice.
Above the picture to the right of the Previous tab is a tab with a grid of squares, click on that.
Do like some of the features, just wish they were underneath or something. And I have to add, its a bit facebooky for my liking.
Sorry!!
None of my pictures show up in any of the sizes bigger than "Small"... I'm not sure why because I always upload in the original big size. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with using Piknic?
I do like seeing the profile business, etc.
I really like it, it's a lot more interactive. You can get around to previous pictures (which I do quite often) with much more ease.
IMO I think it's great. Definitely going to take some getting used to, but I think the upgrades are wonderful.
Also, what screen resolution did you design the site for??? I run 1024X768 at home and gawd knows what on the new 24 inch screen at work (1920x1080??)
The strange thing is that my last photo, which I uploaded at 1800 as the longest dimension, shows up in its full size!!! It does not make the sense. xD Any thoughts?
Thanks!
(Incidentally, I like the new changes - going to rename the site 'The Steve and Ed Tribute Show' when we complete on Jan 1st?)
The new format is way too busy. I don't like it at all, but it's not like we have a choice.
Something to fix, I feel.
I miss the % too!
Great work moneys!