Fwd: Thumbnail Stepping

["Richard Krone" <richard krone gmail com>]

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From: Richard Krone <richard krone gmail com>
Date: Jul 5, 2007 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: Thumbnail Stepping
To: Juha Sorensen <demosh kolumbus fi>


I agree that there is a need to first know what step level the image
is at. Perhaps an indicator located right below where the end-user is
clicking. I believe that the end-user is most likely going to be
partly focused on that region of the screen in which they are
clicking.

I also agree that there is a definite need for a 1:1 (One to One)
aspect ratio return. How can an end-user know that they are at 1:1?
Also how can it be made simple in the return to a 1:1 ratio?

So in conclusion there are the following issues being discussed:

-The need for the stepping icons to be easier to identify as click-able items.
-The need for the availability of a preferences setting that allows
the end-user to control the step amount of zoom for the stepping
icons.
-The need for an on-screen indication of what zoom level the image is at
-The need for an easy way for the end-user to return the image to a
1:1 viewing ratio.

--
Sincerely yours,
Richard Krone

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no
matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and
your own common sense.
--Buddha



On 7/5/07, Juha Sorensen <demosh kolumbus fi> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 21:44 -0400, Richard Krone wrote:
> > It seems counter intuitive to use a button to zoom in or out when you
> > have no real control over the amount that the button zooms in or out.
> > It is to arbitrary to me to allow the program to control this aspect
> > of the end-user experience.
>
> Along the same lines, it would be nice to have some indication atleast
> of when the image is zoomed to a 1:1 zoom level. A button to hop to this
> zoom level would also be nice, in the same group of buttons in the lower
> right for example.
>
> -JS
>
>
> --
> Juha Sorensen <demosh kolumbus fi>


--
Sincerely yours,
Richard Krone

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no
matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and
your own common sense.
--Buddha