Sorry, forgot to include the direct link to the wiki discussion: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer#Proposal:_View_Original_File
On May 21, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > Q2. Which of the following options do you think we should develop at this > time? > a) View Original File: (~1 day of work) (1) > b) Simple Zoom Link to original file in a tab: (already on Commons, ~1 day to > improve) (3) > c) Basic Zoom to original file in Media Viewer: (~1 week of work) (4) > d) Do Nothing > > You can respond to these questions by email, or here on our main discussion > page: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer > > Thanks in advance for your guidance about this important issue. With your > help, we hope to implement a practical solution that can address your most > pressing needs in coming weeks. > > Regards as ever, > > > Fabrice > > _____________________________ > > > (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) > > > _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Product Manager Wikimedia Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
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