Presenting Photographs on websites - conventional vs. unconventional

[nige_buddy]

<I>I like the layout on this page: http://afimage.free.fr/en/japon1.php The thumbnails and the expanded image stay on the same small page. However when clicking on a thumbnail, the whole page is reloaded to display the expanded image. It would be nice if the whole page is not reloaded and only the expanded image area is updated. Is this possible? </I> Robert K , jul 26, 2004; 01:24 p.m.<P>

 

I like this one too, but agree not reloading the page would be nicer, although it's more of a visual thing not a performance issue as the nav bar of thumbnails is already in your cache. What I'm not sure about is the thumbnails being segments of the photo... sometimes the thumbnail is the better picture and I don't think that's good for the presentation of the work. <a href=http://unite.com.au/~u3819a/gallery/gallery.html>Here's</a> what I'm currently running (I don't put much effort in as you'll see if you look!)

 

As for the original site this thread is about, I sort of like it, but would need a speedy connection to view more than a couple of clicks (and I'm talking about the revised one). Some thought would need to be put into the pics involved and their relationships.

[darin_cozine]

I too have an adversion to pop-up images. I ended up using a thumb-galley type for my own <a href="http://www.cozinephoto.com/images.html">website</a> . However I have seen some pretty good thumb galleries with a much more pleasurable experience. I will have to seriously look around at some of the others.

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I have never been totally happy with the idea of thumb galleries for the reasons allready stated. I do have some ideas now on how I can improve my own website. Thanks!

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Also, I asked in another thread about the advantage that a square format has in web displays. It seems that normal rectangular and panoramic photos get the shorted. Either the user is forced to use a scroll bar to pan around the image, or the image must be displayed so small that small details get lost. This is another advantage that real-life galleries have over web sites.

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