Oops, I see I didn't read, or incompetently skimmed, a post of yours about the
impact of various limitations of the server.
I don't know what the answer is, except maybe no thumbs on the member's gallery
list page. Does seeing the same guy in
Civil War uniform each time make it easier to recognize Chuck's page? If I
become dependent on the images, do I get lost
when someone(s) change their image?
But I don't think I'm that different from most people. If it takes lots of
clicks, lots of pages to load, people will
just tend to use it less, whether they say so or not.
I know from direct experience with the same set-up that I will hesitate to
browse the gallery. Direct links from a list
post, sure.
In one of my jobs, I was involved in survey research. What people say and what
they do are not all that closely
connected. "Oh yeah, it's great!", but they don't buy/use it.
On 1/11/2013 2:19 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 1/11/2013 6:48 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Is everybody pretty comfortable with the thumbnail size as the
>> universal setting for the gallery? Is it behaving satisfactorily? Is
>> the overall experience positive?
>
> Someone, in the small blizzard of emails, suggested getting more
> people/galleries of each page of the list of
> members/galleries. A smaller thumbnail size and less info about the gallery
> could make that happen.
>
> Really, if you think about it, a one page list of names would be sufficient
> for finding the gallery desired from that
> page. I recall from the last iteration of ZX gallery trying to remember
> "Which page is 'Joe Blow' on?", so I wouldn't
> have to click through a bunch to find it. "Click, scan, click, scan, click,
> scan ..." A waste of time and attention -
> and simply annoying.
>
> I advocate a smaller thumbnail for those pages and, if possible, less info.
> Are date, a repeat of the owner name, size
> and views needed at this level? We are already up to five pages. Make
> navigation too much trouble, and fewer people
> will bother. Ease of use is very important.
>
> For example, how would a three column layout of small thumbnail, member name
> and 'new' flag work. 30 per page, without
> scrolling? And how about scrolling, as it grows? Better for tablets.
>
> Should it be alphabetical?
>
> I'm not suggesting you should go out and bust your pick right now. Getting it
> solid and stable is the first priority.
> But making it easier, more transparent, to use, is a good medium term goal.
>
> Navigator Moose
>
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