From: Alan H. <min...@ga...> - 2008-08-26 16:29:39
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cc'ing gallery-devel Alexandra Bakker wrote: > Hello Alan, > > I can't seem to get anyone to help with the new Gallery PicLens > Slideshow, so my last hope is you. > > I have 2 questions.... > > When you are viewing the Slideshow in FULLSCREEN, it only displays the > photo SUMMARY captions in a really nice popup box (I really liked > that) right over the photo. > > 1- Can you help me find which file I can tweak (and how to tweak) and > have it also display the photo TITLE caption in that popup? > I usually write only TITLES for photos (Summary or Description only > when I have more to say), so when people view the Fullscreen > Slideshow, they are missing out on what the photo is about, since they > can't see the Title. I didn't do any of the dev work on the piclens stuff, nor have I really used it... but it looks like modules/slideshow/templates/SlideshowMediaRss.tpl is a good bet (search for "summary" in this file). > > On that same subject... when they are NOT viewing the Slideshow in > Fullscreen, (where they have the thumbnails in the bottom that they > can scroll), the TITLE actually does appear on the top of the photo, > BUT, the URL for the photo appears to the left of it and that doesn't > look good at all (sometimes the URL even overlaps the TITLE and then > you can barely read it). > > 2- Any way to remove the URL from showing up top in non-fullscreen mode? no idea.. > > Thank you!! > > Alexandra > > PS: Also, kind of a shame that when you download the 3D PicLens for > the browser (I put it on Firefox), and you click on "Slideshow" on > Gallery, it automatically launches the 3D PicLens, not the Lite > version of Gallery and sadly, the 3D version does not have a Slideshow > at all. So I always have to test the Slideshow on IE so it can launch > PicLens Lite instead. yeah, that doesn't seem good, but again no idea from me. - Alan |
From: Andy S. <an...@gm...> - 2008-08-26 16:34:24
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Alan Harder <min...@ga...> wrote: > cc'ing gallery-devel > > > Alexandra Bakker wrote: > > Hello Alan, > > > > I can't seem to get anyone to help with the new Gallery PicLens > > Slideshow, so my last hope is you. > > > > I have 2 questions.... > > > > When you are viewing the Slideshow in FULLSCREEN, it only displays the > > photo SUMMARY captions in a really nice popup box (I really liked > > that) right over the photo. > > > > 1- Can you help me find which file I can tweak (and how to tweak) and > > have it also display the photo TITLE caption in that popup? > > I usually write only TITLES for photos (Summary or Description only > > when I have more to say), so when people view the Fullscreen > > Slideshow, they are missing out on what the photo is about, since they > > can't see the Title. > > I didn't do any of the dev work on the piclens stuff, nor have I really > used it... but it looks like > modules/slideshow/templates/SlideshowMediaRss.tpl is a good bet (search > for "summary" in this file). > > > > > On that same subject... when they are NOT viewing the Slideshow in > > Fullscreen, (where they have the thumbnails in the bottom that they > > can scroll), the TITLE actually does appear on the top of the photo, > > BUT, the URL for the photo appears to the left of it and that doesn't > > look good at all (sometimes the URL even overlaps the TITLE and then > > you can barely read it). > > > > 2- Any way to remove the URL from showing up top in non-fullscreen mode? > > no idea.. > > > > > Thank you!! > > > > Alexandra > > > > PS: Also, kind of a shame that when you download the 3D PicLens for > > the browser (I put it on Firefox), and you click on "Slideshow" on > > Gallery, it automatically launches the 3D PicLens, not the Lite > > version of Gallery and sadly, the 3D version does not have a Slideshow > > at all. So I always have to test the Slideshow on IE so it can launch > > PicLens Lite instead. Can anyone who's using the PicLens browser plugin confirm this? That doesn't make much sense to me. If this can be confirmed, we should ask PicLens if this is the intended behavior. - Andy > > yeah, that doesn't seem good, but again no idea from me. > > - Alan |
From: Bharat M. <bh...@me...> - 2008-09-20 18:42:41
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Andy Staudacher wrote: > Can anyone who's using the PicLens browser plugin confirm this? That > doesn't make much sense to me. > If this can be confirmed, we should ask PicLens if this is the intended > behavior. Sorry for the delay. This is, in fact, the case. I've pinged PicLens about it. -Bharat |
From: Bharat M. <bh...@me...> - 2008-10-07 20:32:32
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Bharat Mediratta wrote: > Andy Staudacher wrote: >> Can anyone who's using the PicLens browser plugin confirm this? That >> doesn't make much sense to me. >> If this can be confirmed, we should ask PicLens if this is the intended >> behavior. > > Sorry for the delay. This is, in fact, the case. I've pinged PicLens > about it. Kevin Weil from PicLens responded right away, but I neglected to forward it here. He says: > You're right, we emphasize the wall experience in the extension. > There is still a slideshow, though! Double clicking any picture, > pressing enter on a picture, or using the button in the lower left of > the screen will take you to fullscreen mode, where you can start a > slideshow by clicking on the play button. You can also press the > spacebar at any point in the wall to go to fullscreen mode and > auto-start the slideshow from the current position. > You're right, we emphasize the wall experience in the extension. > There is still a slideshow, though! Double clicking any picture, > pressing enter on a picture, or using the button in the lower left of > the screen will take you to fullscreen mode, where you can start a > slideshow by clicking on the play button. You can also press the > spacebar at any point in the wall to go to fullscreen mode and > auto-start the slideshow from the current position. > > From the posting you linked to, it's clear she just didn't know how > to get to the fullscreen mode -- which is a problem we're actively > working on in general. We're doing in-person usability tests every > day ... and it's helping us understand what features users are missing. > If you've used the latest version 1.8.2, you'll notice that there are > the new yellow stickies on your first launch pointing out how to > scroll, search, etc. We don't have one for fullscreen right now -- > I'll enter a bug for that so we get to it. |