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gorgonzola · Jul 17, 2007, 02:53 PM

Please place your votes on the new image resizer; I'm unsure whether we want to keep it. Summary of the options:

Old: resized image would appear with a small text box above it saying 'this image has been resized, click to expand'; clicking would then expand the image out to full size. The downside is that this stretches out the page template.

New: the way it is now, you can see for yourself. Click to resize, and it will resize by itself without affecting the rest of the page.

Personally, I think I prefer the old one, but it would be good to get feedback quickly on this issue.

Here's a huge sample image to test with:

Dakarʒ · Jul 17, 2007, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Peter

its very unintuitive.
I liked the banner added to the top of the image, made it obvious it could be expanded.

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

Yes, I agree. Also, the way it expands is reminiscent of a pop-up ad. It overtakes the area it is in without regard to the surrounding content.

The effects are cool, though.

gorgonzola · Jul 17, 2007, 03:00 PM

I read those posts and understand the objections, but want to get a little more feedback before reverting to the old one.

Dakarʒ · Jul 17, 2007, 03:03 PM

I was just trying to make sure they were in the appropriate thread for feedback. Not thinking we're the end of the discussion.

shifuimam · Jul 17, 2007, 03:13 PM

Definitely the old one. Sure, it can whack out the template, but that's easily reversible by just clicking on the image a second time. I'd rather have that than be directed to a new page to view the image - that's just a pain IMO...especially when the image pertains directly to the text of the post or thread.

rickey939 · Jul 17, 2007, 03:35 PM

Old.

Simon · Jul 17, 2007, 03:47 PM

Old.

The new one's slow. And ugly.

reader50 · Jul 17, 2007, 04:10 PM

On the old resizer, we could place our own URL on an image. On the new one, the resize-link takes over. That was why the old resizer had the tab at the top - so members could still add a link to the image.

The new one is interesting. If it moved to a tab at the top (or bottom) so we could add URLs again, then I'd be fine with the new one.

Dakarʒ · Jul 17, 2007, 04:11 PM

I call mercy rule at 10-0.

TheoCryst · Jul 17, 2007, 04:27 PM

Old one for me. The new one's snazzy, but slow. The old one was simple and intuitive.

Peter · Jul 17, 2007, 04:54 PM

yeah, too slow. I like the old one - nice and simple.
Matches the current theme well too.

Peter · Jul 17, 2007, 05:33 PM

ALso, the image resizer resizes all images.
Even in sigs.

Rumor · Jul 17, 2007, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

I call mercy rule at 10-0.

Seconded.

rickey939 · Jul 17, 2007, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by Peter

ALso, the image resizer resizes all images.
Even in sigs.

Indeed.

slpdLoad · Jul 17, 2007, 07:13 PM

To be perfectly honest, I didn't even know there was a new one. I thought the old one had broken and there was no resizer. That's about as unintuitive as it gets.

Dakarʒ · Jul 17, 2007, 09:02 PM

Macosnerd deserves a wedgie.

MacosNerd · Jul 17, 2007, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

Macosnerd deserves a wedgie.

I couldn't let it go completely unanimous

Sourbook · Jul 17, 2007, 10:02 PM

The new one is pretty cool, but the old one was faster. I can deal with the template issue.