I feel similarly about the slideshow - I wouldn't expect it, and would like to view the image I clicked for as long or short a time as I want to. But, it's a sensible option.
And I agree, click=next is not something you'd necessarily expect. And if you don't, you probably wouldn't click on the image at all and would never be aware that the function exists (sounds like I'm starting to argue against myself here, but bear with me). But, the behavior is being taken up here an there, and once a user realizes they have this option they see how much nicer/easier it is just to click though the images themselves rather than have to click tiny 'next' links each time (which, in the case of this Thickbox, are not always in the same place depending on the size of the image). Basically I think if you don't know it's there, you won't use it. But if you do try it, or learn it's there, it a very easy and efficient way to browse through images. When I first came across a gallery that used click=next I thought 'wow, what a great idea. I don't need to repeatedly hunt down little thumbnails and next/prev buttons, I can just flip though all the images by clicking the huge image button right in the middle of the page'. As for the circular browsing, again I think it's a nice beneficial feature, and a sensible option. The main reasons are these: often when I look at a gallery of thumbs, I click the one that looks the most interesting to me first. Chances are it's not the first one, but somewhere in the middle. After checking this image out, I'm happy to continue with 'next' to see what else there is. Once I hit the end, I now need to click several, if not many, images back to see the ones I haven't seen, whereas if I could just wrap around to the beginning it would be much easier. Another reason is once I've gone through a gallery, sometimes I'd like to go through it again from the beginning. In both cases obviously I could close the Thickbox and start again from the beginning, but that's a workaround behavior which should be avoided. So, that's my case ;). Sorry so long-winded, but I see these as very useful features. I have these added to my Thickbox, and it doesn't take much code. Everything's still tight, and rather then separating them why not make them configurable options, much like jCarousel. Adam Klaus Hartl wrote: > > agent2026 schrieb: >> Very nice Klaus. >> >> One thing I would really like to see added (which I've done with help my >> modded version) is circular browsing - 'next' on last image loads first >> image, and vice versa - and 'click=next' when clicking on an image in a >> Thickbox. > > Is clicking on the image will take you to the next image expected > behavior? I don't think so, but it's not my Thickbox, it's ours. So what > do the others think? > > Same for that circular thing? Feedback please! > > Besides, I also planned to implement a slideshow option. Another idea: > Instead of next/previous links one could (optionally) show mini > thumbnails... hm, just thinking out loud. After all, the script won't > get smaller. > > > -- Klaus > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ANNOUNCE%3A-Thickbox-Reloaded-alpha-tf3293077.html#a9179758 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
