Suggestion #28960

Thumbnails in file_list/browse_links

Added by Felix Kopp almost 2 years ago. Updated 3 months ago.

Status:Closed Start date:2011-08-13
Priority:Should have Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

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Category:Usability
Target version:-
Tags:thumbnails
Votes: 0

Description

There are several places to active and deactivate if thumbnails are displayed.

I guess this is not easy to understand and thus many users end up using a system that does not display thumbs at all.
Due to the capacities of the internet and the power of servers I guess there are several things we can change:

  • Unify the settings to only have 1 place to activate and deactivate thumbnails

To unify the settings:

  • Rename the option "Show Thumbnails by default" in users' settings to: "Show Thumbnails" yes/no (that option already controls the list module). This is the global option for every user.

FILE-LIST

  • Remove the option "Display thumbnails" within file_list
  • Remove the option "Display thumbnails" within browse_links (same)
  • Show thumbnails in file_list only if the global option is set
  • Show thumbnails in browse_links only if the global option is set

Screen_Shot_2011-08-13_at_14.06.40.png - Global option (58.4 kB) Felix Kopp, 2011-08-13 14:16

Screen_Shot_2011-08-13_at_14.06.58.png - file_list inconsistent (50.1 kB) Felix Kopp, 2011-08-13 14:16

Screen_Shot_2011-08-13_at_14.07.35.png - browse_links inconsistent (86.6 kB) Felix Kopp, 2011-08-13 14:16

Related issues

related to Usability Team - Suggestion #13999: Reorganizing the header for 4.6 New 2011-03-23
related to Usability Team - Feature #32893: Show thumbnails by default Closed 2011-12-31
related to Usability Team - Bug #28961: Thumbnail-Size Closed 2011-08-21

History

#2
Updated by Fabien Udriot almost 2 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Needs Feedback

There are some other suggestions as well at the bottom of #13999 to have it under a contextual User preferences on the top menu. Probably more accessible settings for the User but also harder to realize.

Though, what I agree:

- Thumbnail display should be enabled by default.

Next to that, I am wondring for what reasons would a User want to disable thumbnail display. The only reasons I found is to gain room on the screen. But is this reason good enough to still provide this setting?

FYI, there is currently a development effort going in the frame of the BLE project to re-factor in depth the element browser. Checkout the plan at #28681

#4
Updated by Jens Hoffmann over 1 year ago

Thanks for the details here guys :)

So we agreed to make it a default: ON.

I use the "off" behavior when there are to manny
Thumbs to show .. as the caching and loading isn't
sexy done, this could get quite slow.

#5
Updated by Felix Kopp 3 months ago

This has already been done in #32893.
Please close issue.

#6
Updated by Jens Hoffmann 3 months ago

  • Status changed from Needs Feedback to Closed

Thanks.

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