GoodGurl Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 why are the galley pictures now down the right hand side of the main forum? can i remove then as it makes the screen small, anyone else have this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 I agree, they take up far too much space and I can't see why they are needed there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Thanks for the feedback: Rather than have two gallery streams we thought we would try by replacing it with one at the side. The reason we have them is partly because it gives a visual identity to the forum and we'd like to promote the use of the Gallery. Previous gallery stream: (x2): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGurl Posted March 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) 10 minutes ago, RichM said: Thanks for the feedback: Rather than have two gallery streams we thought we would try by replacing it with one at the side. The reason we have them is partly because it gives a visual identity to the forum and we'd like to promote the use of the Gallery. Previous gallery stream: (x2): is there any way to hide the gallery its annoying as its always there and makes the screen smaller Edited March 20, 2017 by GoodGurl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 I don't see the need for gallery images to be part of the forum main page. They are a distraction and take up a lot of space, and presumably data download capacity. It wouldn't be so bad if the pictures were appropriate, but a minute or two in the gallery will show you there is a lot of trash there. Many pictures are uploaded to the gallery to make it easy to insert in a thread and are only relevant to that particular subject. Maybe there could be an option to show gallery images if you want to see them, but I would rather not have them thrown at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardang Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 12 minutes ago, dor said: I don't see the need for gallery images to be part of the forum main page. They are a distraction and take up a lot of space, and presumably data download capacity. It wouldn't be so bad if the pictures were appropriate, but a minute or two in the gallery will show you there is a lot of trash there. Many pictures are uploaded to the gallery to make it easy to insert in a thread and are only relevant to that particular subject. Maybe there could be an option to show gallery images if you want to see them, but I would rather not have them thrown at me. I agree and would much prefer to be able to choose whether they are visible or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) I actually quite like it. I don't normally see the gallery, viewing new posts being my default - when the images first appeared I thought great i like this. Viewing on a tablet - maybe I'll have a different view tomorrow when i view on my phone Edited March 21, 2017 by Ange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Ange said: I actually quite like it. I don't normally see the gallery, viewing new posts being my default - when the images first appeared I thought great i like this. Viewing on a tablet - maybe I'll have a different view tomorrow when i view on my phone You are ok on a phone as you don't get them, and it is not so bad on a PC where you have lots of screen real estate. But on a iPad it is horrible as it make the piece of useless text that you get under each thread title on view new content wrap to 2 lines, so you get even less useful stuff on the screen at ones as we still have the ridiculously sized logo at the top which takes up half the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cereal tiller Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 8 hours ago, howardang said: I agree and would much prefer to be able to choose whether they are visible or not. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 I definitely don't like seeing them on the View New Content page when on my phone or tablet (contrary to John6767's post above, I do get them on my phone) not least because they waste a lot of my meagre mobile data allowance. Strangely enough I don't mind them too much on the PC, but then for that i have unlimited data and a large screen, but i don't actually welcome them I just ignore them. So i'm also in the "No" camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 I find gallery pictures are a pain, a bit like when yer mates used to try to show you their holiday fotos, remember those days? You had probably been there anyway and why do you want to see someone elses pics? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Just now, mrsmelly said: I find gallery pictures are a pain, a bit like when yer mates used to try to show you their holiday fotos, remember those days? You had probably been there anyway and why do you want to see someone elses pics? I got told off for being rude when I said this.☺ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Chris Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 The gallery is OK for the main landing page but a PITA when you start browsing the forum. Also, is it necessary to show the 'filter bar' all the time? This is only needed when setting up activity streams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Keeping Up said: I definitely don't like seeing them on the View New Content page when on my phone or tablet (contrary to John6767's post above, I do get them on my phone) not least because they waste a lot of my meagre mobile data allowance. Strangely enough I don't mind them too much on the PC, but then for that i have unlimited data and a large screen, but i don't actually welcome them I just ignore them. So i'm also in the "No" camp. I guess it is down to the resolution of your phone, which must be more akin to an iPad Mini in that respect, and you get the same skin as desktop ion your phone rather than the cut down one that I see on both iPhone 5 and 6. Not sure I get why CWDF wants to get into the business of hosting images though, perhaps the site crew could enlighten us to the strategy here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Thanks for the feedback. To those reporting display issues on smaller screens, would you mind posting a screenshot as I'm unable to replicate this. I'm using an older iPhone 6 and a 15" laptop. We have had gallery image streams for years. The only difference is that on the main index page, we now have one gallery stream rather than two which also appears on the Activity Streams. Amongst other things, it provides some visual identity which we would be lacking if it wasn't for the streams. Thanks RichM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Chris Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Adblock Plus Chrome extension is your friend. Click on the ABP icon on the toolbar and select 'Block element', then select the page element you wish to block. Works for the Filter Bar and the Gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Just now, RichM said: I'm unable to replicate this. The website page dynamically resizes according to the dimensions of the window, so on a normal computer, resize the browser window to vary the horizontal and vertical size and step through several variations of what is/isn't displayed at each particular resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, john6767 said: I guess it is down to the resolution of your phone, which must be more akin to an iPad Mini in that respect, and you get the same skin as desktop ion your phone rather than the cut down one that I see on both iPhone 5 and 6. Not sure I get why CWDF wants to get into the business of hosting images though, perhaps the site crew could enlighten us to the strategy here? No, I definitely get a different skin on each of my PC, my tablet, and my phone. The difference on the phone (which you may not have noticed, I didn't at first) is that all these images appear right at the bottom, below the text threads, so you only see them if you scroll down. That means that of course you can easily ignore them I just resent using up all my data allowance on images that I have no intention of viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Just now, RichM said: Thanks for the feedback. To those reporting display issues on smaller screens, would you mind posting a screenshot as I'm unable to replicate this. I'm using an older iPhone 6 and a 15" laptop. We have had gallery image streams for years. The only difference is that on the main index page, we now have one gallery stream rather than two which also appears on the Activity Streams. Amongst other things, it provides some visual identity which we would be lacking if it wasn't for the streams. Thanks RichM Certainly I have no display resolution problems. On the PC it is just a waste of space but I can happily live with it. On the phone and tablet it wastes data. I don't mind the gallery being on the Home Page (I never use that anyway) but on the VNC page it is definitely undesirable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pophops Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 I've always found gallery images to be mostly irrelevant but the latest format is distinctly annoying. I'd like the option to view them when I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 43 minutes ago, Paul C said: The website page dynamically resizes according to the dimensions of the window, so on a normal computer, resize the browser window to vary the horizontal and vertical size and step through several variations of what is/isn't displayed at each particular resolution. By resizing the window width until the images disappear from the side and going to http://www.rapidtables.com/web/tools/window-size.htm you can find the width it is switching on, which I think could be widths less than 794. 44 minutes ago, Keeping Up said: No, I definitely get a different skin on each of my PC, my tablet, and my phone. The difference on the phone (which you may not have noticed, I didn't at first) is that all these images appear right at the bottom, below the text threads, so you only see them if you scroll down. That means that of course you can easily ignore them I just resent using up all my data allowance on images that I have no intention of viewing. You are right I had not seen them down the bottom of the page, not very good at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Paul C said: The website page dynamically resizes according to the dimensions of the window, so on a normal computer, resize the browser window to vary the horizontal and vertical size and step through several variations of what is/isn't displayed at each particular resolution. Tried doing that - looks fine to me. Though I appreciate we all have different perspectives and I guess this is largely a subjective matter. I would still appreciate any screenshots showing what people are not happy with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mross Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) I would agree with other posters that the gallery, on the side or the bottom is unwanted, especially as the photos are chopped and not seen as posted. It appears that the top and bottom of each photo has been truncated. I'm sorry to disagree but why does CWDF need a visual identity? Its soul is in the words, not the look. Edited March 21, 2017 by mross 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) On my phone I get something like this at the bottom of my VNC view. I can't see the point in receiving narrow slices of the original photos, or of incurring the mobile cost and sometimes download delay of loading photos I don't need. Making the gallery a user choice would be good move IMO. Edited March 21, 2017 by David Mack For some reason I am unable to include the image 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 I find the images annoying on my phone. As well as using up my data allowance they are too small to be seen properly I have never looked at them and certainly wouldn't miss them if they are not there Haggis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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