#365 closed enhancement (fixed)
Distinguish between media types (photo/video/audio etc) in thumbnails
Reported by: | Blaise Alleyne | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | minor | Milestone: | 0.9.0 |
Component: | programming | Keywords: | |
Cc: | Parent Tickets: |
Description (last modified by )
When viewing thumbnails of media, it's not clear whether any given thumbnail is from a video clip or a still image until you click through. It would be nice to signal the media type to users, in a subtle way. For example, on Flickr, a little play button appears in the corner of thumbnails for video clips. `https://secure.flickr.com/photos/balleyne/sets/72157607569123053/ <https://secure.flickr.com/photos/balleyne/sets/72157607569123053/>`_ Adding a small play icon of sorts to the corner of video thumbnails seems like a pretty good idea to signal the difference between photos and videos.
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comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by
The nautilus reel option looks nicer, but the play button option is maybe more generic? One way we could do either is to allow the thumbnails to optionally provide an SVG overlay, that way either is possible?
comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by
The original url for this bug was http://bugs.foocorp.net/issues/723 .
comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by
Component: | → programming |
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Type: | defect → enhancement |
comment:5 Changed 7 years ago by
Summary: | Distinguish between media types (photo vs video) in thumbnails → Distinguish between media types (photo/video/audio etc) in thumbnails |
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comment:6 Changed 7 years ago by
Owner: | set to Boris Bobrov |
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Status: | accepted → in_progress |
comment:8 follow-up: 9 Changed 6 years ago by
Can you make them stick out of the thumbnails? Or, even better, not cover the image?
comment:9 Changed 6 years ago by
Replying to Aleksej:
Can you make them stick out of the thumbnails? Or, even better, not cover the image?
Frankly I can't imagine how it should look. Could you draw it somehow?
Changed 6 years ago by
Attachment: | scrap022_a.png added |
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a drawing, inspired by something like NoScript
comment:10 Changed 6 years ago by
I don't remember now how I imagined it, but here is a drawing inspired by something like NoScript or AdBlock.
comment:11 Changed 6 years ago by
Maybe putting it on a side of the caption (beginning? left? depending on the direction of the instance's main language?) would make the table easier to scan. Then alt text like "[Video]" could be a part of the caption, which is good for some ltr languages.
Another choice is whether the main type of an instance should have an icon or just a space (a configuration table would solve it).
Depends on the distinguishability of the icons.
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comment:12 Changed 6 years ago by
With anything that does not stick out of the thumbnail, the thumbnail can contain it or something similar.
With a Nautilus-like reel, that allows images to look like videos
With an icon, the thumbnail can obscure it with only color, so the item can't be noticed by quickly scanning the table.
Changed 6 years ago by
Attachment: | triangular-icon-half-sticking-out.png added |
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As for sticking out, maybe I meant this way.
comment:13 Changed 6 years ago by
If we're worried about images masquerading as video thumbnails, what about making the icon visually separate from the thumbnail? E.g. inline with the title as a "badge"
comment:14 Changed 6 years ago by
Description: | modified (diff) |
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I think the badge is a good option. Would someone be interested in making a mockup?
Aleksej: I think that functionally, the icon sticking out is a great route, though aesthetically it might give some inconsistent jaggediness to the interface.
Here's another suggestion: a light and mostly transparent play icon over the thumbnail that css transitions to more opaque when the mouse does a hover over. What do people think of that?
comment:15 Changed 6 years ago by
Milestone: | → 0.9.0 |
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The bug if fixed in one of my branches, but we have a freeze now. I will add it to 0.9.0 in a couple of weeks after 0.8.0 release.
comment:16 Changed 5 years ago by
Milestone: | 0.9.0 |
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I'd still like to see this happen, but I don't think there's urgency at the moment, and anyway enancements are not going into 0.9.0 given the freeze.
comment:17 Changed 5 years ago by
In fact, this is resolved on 99%. This is resolved so much that I will mark it as fixed in 0.9.0 and will open a new bugreport about missing things.
comment:18 Changed 5 years ago by
Milestone: | → 0.9.0 |
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Owner: | Boris Bobrov deleted |
Resolution: | → fixed |
Status: | in_progress → closed |