Last modified: 2014-10-02 15:56:26 UTC
Currently, on a file page, the entire image is clickable and redirects to the image itself. I agree with Jon (refer to the bug 48996): "Why don't we place a transparent icon (magnifying glass maybe?) in the top right corner that when clicked opens the image. I don't believe the entire image needs to be clickable I just think we should do a better job at surfacing the image link." I hope we can discuss a possible solution for that. There are still two changes in gerrit, related to MobileFrontend, maybe we can use this as a basis, maybe not :) I34c930e6f15eaec99834eaa6948b1c41029af247 I9235fdfd53392fdf741ceab7b0ca204bd9f8eb78
Specifically, in mobile it is very easy to accidentally tap an image and unintentionally download a large resolution photo. It's also not clear from a UX perspective what clicking on it would do. Some of our users have limited data plans and this can be quite costly for them. Given we have an `original file` link it seems surplus.
> > Some of our users have limited data plans and this can be quite costly for > them. Given we have an `original file` link it seems surplus. In extreme cases, downloading a multi gigabyte file on desktop is sometimes not fun either. Certain very large jpg files have been known to crash certain browsers.
(In reply to Bawolff (Brian Wolff) from comment #2) > > > > Some of our users have limited data plans and this can be quite costly for > > them. Given we have an `original file` link it seems surplus. > > In extreme cases, downloading a multi gigabyte file on desktop is sometimes > not fun either. Certain very large jpg files have been known to crash > certain browsers. True dat. Personally I would advise just removing the link. If it's a widely used feature maybe this should be a gadget/user preference but let's remove it and see what complaints if any there are.
