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New Thumbnails! by magnus
I love 'em! Thanks for the update, Weasyl Dev Team! And for acting upon/listening to user feedback!
Keep up the great work :D
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I agree! Browsing people's galleries suddenly looks so much better!
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I absolutely adore these new thumbnails ! Not even Da's new system has any thing on this one.
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I think this is pointless unless people have the choice to choose when thumbnail size they want, the large thumbs are giving me a little eyestain.
Maybe weasyl is getting too much money if they ruin the site like this?-
I can't tell if you're trolling or not.
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Being honest.
It was badly thought out, there was those of us that were happy with it the way it was that find the new larger thumbs a mess and that it gives eye strain.
The fact they made this so called improvement without the option to revert back to old size show that little to no thought went into it.I believe when sites start fixing things that aren't broken its a sign they have too much money and have to justify it by changing the site anyway they can just to show people they are working.
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You might not be aware of the immense group of people who haven't been using the site purely because of the thumbnails being forced square. It's been talked about constantly and requested for change since the site left closed beta.
I think you're a bit misled thinking the changes were made solely because you think Weasyl 'has too much money'.
In anycase, you should have a look at this browser addon if the grid system is your preference: https://www.weasyl.com/submission/1030041/custom-weasyl-grid-view-thumbnails
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It isn't just the grid but the sheer size of them, the thumbnails are that big they give me eye strain.
If they had an option like FA does where the individual can set the thumbnail size to suit them, then I wouldn't complain, but to change the whole site like this isn't fair.
Why should myself and others have to put up with this crappy change because a number of people insist on viewing weasyl on a small screen device?-
Why should myself and others have to put up with this crappy change because a number of people insist on viewing weasyl on a small screen device?
The same question in reverse can be asked.
But I'm not staff. If you're so concerned, leave your feedback on the forums: https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?7547-Pushing-Boundaries-
Maybe because the small thumbnails were here first.
I don't think they'll listen, I'm starting to think weasyl is getting as bad as FA,-
You need to understand, the thumbnails were legitimately the only reason I didn't like this site before. FA has been my preference simply because they actually show the whole picture, albeit quite small for my taste. People here (myself included, often enough) almost universally end up cutting their pictures down to a tiny portion to show off a face or some other detail as the thumbnail, and it's incredibly bad for people who don't want to waste a few hours clicking on every submission. Those tiny thumbnails were almost always a really bad way to display the content of a picture, and I'm positive that I've cleared out numerous submissions from my inbox that I would have loved, simply because the thumbnail didn't represent the content well.
I'm also sure there are people who's art I would have loved, who I would have followed if the previews of their art actually showed their art, instead of closeups on faces every time. When I browsed for art, it was always on FA, because it wasn't such a chore to find things I liked there. Now with this system, Weasyl is probably going to be my new preference.
I would love to see more options, like how Deviantart allows you to have this style of submissions, normal grid layout, larger or smaller previews, etc. I'd also really like a way to disable thumbnails completely. I get that different people have different preferences. But now when I look at a bunch of art here, I can actually see a pretty good representation of what I'll get if I click through. That's huge, IMO.
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I just wish they'd had it optional so each user could choose what they wanted.
Having the site set so its one or the other is always going to upset someone, having an option under the settings is the only fair way.
Even FA has these options.-
Yeah, it would be nice. I always prefer options to just plain changes. Like, I'd be pissed if I couldn't get desktop versions of websites on mobile, because I can't stand interfaces that discard functionality simply because it's too much of a hassle to find a way to make it work on a smaller screen.
Though in Weasyl's case if it has to be only one way or the other, this might not be everyone's preference but so far I'm seeing mostly positive responses and it's a huge improvement on my end. The site is still in "beta" so I'm hoping more improvements are on the way. It's at least better than Inkbunny which, despite being around for longer and giving us a bunch of interesting features, has no submission preview options whatsoever. :<
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I just hope they can fix it soon (IE not take a year).
In honesty if they couldn't fix the site so it pleased everyone then they should've left well enough alone.Thoughtless changes like this makes Weasyl seem a lot like FA.
I've gotten into fights with people when I've said "Weasyl is better than Inkbunny" and they've said "Weasyl is just a poor copy of FA managed by FA rejects".
Its things like this that make me question myself.-
I don't remember, in my history of internet browsing, a site update that wasn't met with a pretty fair amount of skepticism and anger at the changes. No matter how bad you make your site, people get used to how it is and then when you make changes, even for the better, naturally at least SOME people won't just get used to the changes. It's not a matter of "make a change everyone loves or don't change at all" because if that was how they did it, sites would never change at all.
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Not really, most decent sites have the option to choose between a new layout or keep using the old one.
Even FA does that, this is the only site besides DA that rams poorly thought out changes down your throat.Between this and the trolls I ran into on the forums I'm starting to believe weasyl is worse than FA, if not the worse furry site on the net.
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None of the websites I can think of allow that. FA is only doing it because it's still a work-in-progress and not ready to go, so you can opt-in to alpha/beta test the new layout. If it's anything like any other website update, there won't be a way to switch to the old version. I've not ever seen that feature before on any website that's actually switched to a new layout.
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I think Sofurry does, Inkbunny does.
In fact IB did the same stunt as weasyl and after people complained they made the sizing adjustable.But I guess this is why weasyl will always be people's last choice.
Things don't seem to have the same care as done on other sites.-
Where is this option on IB? I've been searching for it off and on in the past but there aren't any settings I can find. They made it possible to change backgrounds and what image shows up on the title bar, but I don't see much visual customization beyond that. I especially want to know if I can make image previews bigger or turn off thumbnails, because I've wanted to do that for ages.
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Go on the submission page and on the right hand side just above the submissions you'll see "thumbnail size - small | large show original thumbnails"
That's how you change it.
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I really like them! I personally like being able to see the entire submission rather than every submission having a close up crop on a face, haha
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Yes they're quite fab beans!
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Going to have to agree with you here. It doesn't bother me in the slightest - it's quite a pleasant change.
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Omg yessss now I can actually enjoy browsing stuff here, hoooray!
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ME TOOOO!
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Full size thumbnails! :D :D \o/