Auto resize like smugmug

jason442

Joined: 2008-07-12
Posts: 14

Posted: Mon, 2009-10-05 17:50

Hi -

I really like the overall direction of gallery3. However, I am surprised that no one has mentioned the auto image resize feature that smugmug has. Or maybe I just missed it...but this is the one feature that will keep me from moving to gallery3. Smugmug galleries look amazing. I like to tinker and would like to have "my photos on my website" but unfortunately ... the UI trumps everything.

Incase you're not sure what I am talking about: Basically photos automatically adjust to the size of your browser. So let's say you maximize your browser window, the photo you are viewing will automatically snap to the viewable area. It's genius and looks awesome on pretty much any size screen or resolution.

I am not bashing G3 and I used G2 for quite some time. I like Gallery and I like the flexability of have my own site/phots.

I'm sure I am not the only one that just loves the smugmug UI. Believe me, I am looking and looking for a reason to switch to G3 I just feel I'd be taking a step down in the overall appeal and UI.

Am I the only one?

Thanks
Jason

nivekiam

Joined: 2002-12-10
Posts: 16503

Posted: Mon, 2009-10-05 19:31

With G3, you can do that. It's just a theme issue and right now you're just looking at the basic default theme. Most people, like with G2 probably aren't going to like the default theme

In fact that was the default behavior, but it was changed.

https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gallery/ticket/695
http://gallery.menalto.com/node/90906

Now it will only scale up to as large as the image is and if the screen res is larger than the image it won't scale up further, but if the image is larger than the screen size it will scale down....

And I just found another flaw, it centers the image vertically. Which looks great if there are no comments. If there are lots of comments on the page, well.... Actually it looks like it's doing that for portrait images or probably more accurately images it doesn't need to resize. Got more testing there to nail that down.

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jason442

Joined: 2008-07-12
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Posted: Mon, 2009-10-05 19:39

Awesome! I will definetly take a look different themes as they become available. Thanks!

jason442 Joined: 2008-07-12 Posts: 14	Posted: Mon, 2009-10-05 17:50
	Hi - I really like the overall direction of gallery3. However, I am surprised that no one has mentioned the auto image resize feature that smugmug has. Or maybe I just missed it...but this is the one feature that will keep me from moving to gallery3. Smugmug galleries look amazing. I like to tinker and would like to have "my photos on my website" but unfortunately ... the UI trumps everything. Incase you're not sure what I am talking about: Basically photos automatically adjust to the size of your browser. So let's say you maximize your browser window, the photo you are viewing will automatically snap to the viewable area. It's genius and looks awesome on pretty much any size screen or resolution. I am not bashing G3 and I used G2 for quite some time. I like Gallery and I like the flexability of have my own site/phots. I'm sure I am not the only one that just loves the smugmug UI. Believe me, I am looking and looking for a reason to switch to G3 I just feel I'd be taking a step down in the overall appeal and UI. Am I the only one? Thanks Jason
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nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16503	Posted: Mon, 2009-10-05 19:31
	With G3, you can do that. It's just a theme issue and right now you're just looking at the basic default theme. Most people, like with G2 probably aren't going to like the default theme In fact that was the default behavior, but it was changed. https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gallery/ticket/695 http://gallery.menalto.com/node/90906 Now it will only scale up to as large as the image is and if the screen res is larger than the image it won't scale up further, but if the image is larger than the screen size it will scale down.... And I just found another flaw, it centers the image vertically. Which looks great if there are no comments. If there are lots of comments on the page, well.... Actually it looks like it's doing that for portrait images or probably more accurately images it doesn't need to resize. Got more testing there to nail that down. ____________________________________________ Like Gallery? Like the support? Donate now!!! See G2 live here

jason442 Joined: 2008-07-12 Posts: 14	Posted: Mon, 2009-10-05 19:39
	Awesome! I will definetly take a look different themes as they become available. Thanks!

Auto resize like smugmug

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