-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Owen Winkler wrote: > Michael Bishop wrote: >> Yes, that's what I was referring to. I will install the podcast >> plugin and get that functionality back in. >> >> I guess that leaves the question as to whether the Flickr silo should >> then use the same dropdown for the external link. >> > > Yes, the dropbutton use was intentional. The idea was to provide an > button that could be extended to include additional actions. Other > actions could include links that pop up lightbox-style interfaces to > manipulate an image before insertion, or choosing (in the case of a > video container) whether to insert a thumbnail or an embedded player. > > There is also good reason to keep the external link in the title. The > dropbutton in the media interface is used to insert or apply the media > to the post being edited. The external link is not such an action, and > does not belong in this set of links. > > Also, there is no other way to visit the native store of the media than > the external link. Consider the Flickr browser. The only way to visit > the Flickr photo page for an image is to click that link icon. This is > similar to other services that we offer connection to. > > These reasons define the external link as something separate from the > dropbutton actions, yet necessary to the adequate functioning of the > media interface. > > Owen >
Not entirely related to the discussion at hand, but I think it'd be very useful if the dropdown on the flicr silo allowed you to select size of image to insert. - --Sean -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmZtOkACgkQmQpMBUWJpdsUYwCgiYZ+SJCnveEi5zS+7k75Tg2M +JIAn1qfGGOSrUvxJ9EB6h1cIzD0hdZf =HP4w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
