Thank you, Rupert! We appreciate your feedback — and your support for the "View Original File” idea (1) is duly noted.
What do others think? Is this a good idea? bad idea? Please chime in by email, or better yet, add your comments on this discussion page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer#Proposal:_View_Original_File Your feedback is important to us. It will help us make the right decision to address this issue quickly. We’d like to have at least a placeholder solution, even if we can’t do all that we dreamed of right away. :) All the best, Fabrice (1) https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/630 On May 23, 2014, at 10:57 AM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am 22.05.2014 01:38 schrieb "Fabrice Florin" <fflo...@wikimedia.org>: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > We would appreciate your thoughts about a proposed "View Original File” > > feature for Media Viewer. (1) > > > > 1. Goals > > In our surveys and discussions, many users have asked for either access to > > original files — or a zoom feature. > > These frequent requests cover a range of use cases: > > * view the original file in its full resolution > > * edit, crop and/or re-use images > > * zoom in to see details > > > > 2. Feature > > To address these requests, this feature would enable you to access the > > original file from Media Viewer, so you can examine it in your browser, and > > easily edit/re-use it. To view that original file, you would simply click > > on a new "View original file" button next to the image, as shown in this > > mockup (2). This would open the original full-size image in the same > > browser window, as happens now when you click images in file description > > pages on Commons. Your browser’s back button would return you to the Media > > Viewer. > > > > This proposal would support the use cases above by providing the same core > > functionality editors are used to on file description pages. It would > > enable you to operate on files (convert/edit them), and also give you the > > ability to zoom on common file types in modern browsers. > > > > 3. Alternatives > > The multimedia team has investigated several other solutions to address > > these user requests. We developed a Simple Zoom Link (3), which you can > > test now on Commons: but we’re concerned that this implementation provides > > a poor user experience that’s more complex than it needs to be. We also > > considered a Basic Zoom feature (4) and a Full Zoom feature (5). But these > > implementations require more development time than we have right now. We’re > > eager to wrap up this version of Media Viewer this month, so we can move on > > to other important issues, such as upgrading UploadWizard or fixing bugs in > > our technical debt. > > > > 4. What do you think? > > We’d be grateful for your feedback about this proposal and some of the > > short-term options we’re considering, by answering these two questions: > > > > Q1. How important to you is it that we implement “View original file” or a > > similar feature at this time? > > a) very important > > b) somewhat important > > c) not important > > View the original file plus older versions is, from a glam upload > perspective, mandatory. > > > Q2. Which of the following options do you think we should develop at this > > time? > > a) View Original File: (~1 day of work) (1) > > Yes please. > > > > _____________________________ > > > > > > (1) View Original File (#630): > > https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/630 > > > > (2) Design Mockup: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Media_Viewer_-_View_Original_File_-_Mockup_1024px.jpg > > > > (3) Simple Zoom Link (#588): > > https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/588 > > > > (4) Basic Zoom feature (#504): > > https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/504 > > > > (5) Full Zoom feature (#167): > > https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/167 > > > > _______________________________ > > > > Fabrice Florin > > Product Manager > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Multimedia mailing list > > multime...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia > > > _______________________________________________ > Multimedia mailing list > multime...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Product Manager Wikimedia Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
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