From: Colin J. R. <me...@co...> - 2004-05-13 20:52:23
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Hi Folks! First, thanks for a spectacularly good application! Second, I'm not a developer or anywhere close, just (I hope) a perceptive end user. I'd like to suggest an addition (plug-in??) to Gallery which makes logical sense in the context of what the application *is* and how it's used by - I imagine - the greater majority of people. "Gallery Update/New Album" Notification 1. Most people install Gallery for others to view, upload an initial batch of pics, then proudly tell others of the URL. 2. Friends, family etc all view the album(s), post comments etc. then go back to what they were doing previously. Gallery owner posts some more pics to the album, and/or begins a new album...then repeats the above cycle of 1 + 2. Doesn't seem to make much sense from a usability perspective somehow...or perhaps more accurately (and less seen as a critical comment)lacking something in terms of utility/usability It would be good if an update sign-up email text box appeared on each..hmmm...main album page/every page (?), with some legend informing the viewer that the option to sign up when updates or new albums ar posted. My php skills are zero - or a number less than zero, but I'm told by a friendly php guru that this isn't a huge issue to include. Not trivial perhaps, but not a bottom up rework of the application itself. If that was so, I would not have dared to propose its inclusion. I hope this resonates with someone to the point of writing a patch or plug-in. Thanks again for a phenomenal piece of software that works as it says it does, and is a joy to install and use. Regards & TIA to one 'n all, -Colin |