Please tell me that you are shipping a "skin" that will make http://communityserver.org/media/ look similar to the old photo gallery?
More importantly, youare shipping a "skin" that will make a users gallery (http://communityserver.org/media/galleries/telligent/default.aspx) look like an old users photo gallery.
The new Media Gallery really forked from nGallery. [:'(]
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I agree wholeheartedly!
The photo gallery functionality is one of the main reasons we use CS, and without that view, it won't be very useful.
I can certainly understand the rationale for trying to merge these two things. Minimally, I think there needs to be the ability to set a gallery to display in "list view" (the previous media gallery format) and "thumbnail view" which would be similar to the old photo gallery format. For non-photos the thumbnail can be an icon. (Wouldn't preview images be great, though!!)
I think that the "viewing" page needs to behave a little differently. It obviously already detects that a gallery object is a picture and displays it if necessary, but the "download" button there is not very intuitive. I would want to be able to click on the picture, and in this case, just looking at the download page should really cound as a download.
Are albums gone?
What about viewing photos in different sizes?
The media gallery UI is still the biggest item on the to-do list. It has a very major update coming.
There are still some new things which have not floated to the top or been enabled. Users will now have more options for storing images/etc with their profile instead of in a deadicated photo gallery.
You should still be able to use media galleries as photo galleries, but in this release we are trying to push them towards being more community centric instead of user centric.
Thanks,Scott
Scott Watermasysk:The media gallery UI is still the biggest item on the to-do list. It has a very major update coming. There are still some new things which have not floated to the top or been enabled. Users will now have more options for storing images/etc with their profile instead of in a deadicated photo gallery. You should still be able to use media galleries as photo galleries, but in this release we are trying to push them towards being more community centric instead of user centric. Thanks,Scott
Well I'm happy to hear that there will be more work on this before the final release, though I'm sad that it isn't useful enough to at least simulate the old galleries for now. I wanted to be an early-adopter this time around, but can't really do much until this part is resolved.
What do you mean about making them community-centric, though? I've personally never done any type of personal galleries; and I'm looking forward to more community-centric if that means something like having open post/moderate functionality like forums.
Right now, I don't see much of a photo gallery at all, be it user or community! :-)
Joel
Our site also use the old style photo gallary and that is why we choose CS. I am looking forward to seeing the CS2008 with same style and functions.
jiaming_us: Our site also use the old style photo gallary and that is why we choose CS. I am looking forward to seeing the CS2008 with same style and functions.
I'll second that sentiment. If the 'media gallery' cannot look/act like an existing CS2007 photo gallery, then it's a step backwards, IMHO... regardless of the new features.
i'am waiting for new release....
Photo gallery is missing.
together with files as it is on beta 1 now? Please no!
Is the final media gallery going ot include "auto create"? We are using it on our site and have already purchased the upgrade to cs2008.
So far, I'm very turned off with the new direction and new look. Without an appropriate photo gallery, CS is not much use to me.
I sure hope it's fixed well soon.
Steven
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Hi Scott,
I would add that without the 'list view' of files - it makes the galleries much less suitable for documents (rather than pictures etc). And therefore much less suitable for intranet, or more business like, application. As it stands only a small part of the file name is shown and none of the description. Making it much harder to scan down and identify files etc (unlike in CS2007). It's a real pain.
When do you expect to be updating this aspect and will you be bringing back the list type, (as in CS 2007) view as an option? I do hope so - it worked well as it was.
Thanks
If you're using the media gallery almost wholey as a file store (e.g PDFs, ZIPs etc.), then your best bet is to modify the Theme your'e using to display files in a list as opposed to tiles. You'll find the page you need to modify at ~\Themes\YOUR THEME\Media\postlist.aspx, and you should be able to modify that to show files in more of a list form.
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I'm afraid that Telligent has gone the way of Microsoft. No one from development&design ever consulted anyone regarding usability.
The new Microsoft MSDN/Technet subscribers downloads is completely unusable. Likewise with CS' Media Gallery. It's useless for documents/files/etc..
Seriously, what were people thinking with this design?
DualTachyon: I'm afraid that Telligent has gone the way of Microsoft. No one from development&design ever consulted anyone regarding usability. The new Microsoft MSDN/Technet subscribers downloads is completely unusable. Likewise with CS' Media Gallery. It's useless for documents/files/etc.. Seriously, what were people thinking with this design?
I can do nothing but agree with your sentiments.... I look at CS2008 now and just shake my head and wonder why someone thought the media gallery and the way it works was a good idea. What has been in EVERY previous version up to CS208 has been a good idea and Telligent just trashed it.
It makes it very hard for me to recommend the product now and I'm really disappointed that the feedback presented on this throughout the betas obviously fell on deaf ears.
Telligent - PLEASE change the media gallery "back" and/or put a dedicated photo gallery back in.
Oh yeah, the new MS downloads site SUCKS. The MSDN download site is using the same engine, and I now despise using the site(s). No wonder Gartner says MS is collapsing... with brain-dead implementations like this that do nothing but break what was working,
Both Telligent and Microsoft need to take a hard look at themselves and determine why "new" = "better", because CS2008's media gallery is a prime example of why something that works needs to be left alone.
it's only a matter of time until the usually "out of touch" soothsayers at Gartner prove correct.
I totally agree with what you have said - Because of the lacking of photo gallery, our company decided to stay on version CS2007 for now - no more upgrade. We have started researching on migration off Community Server. Telligent may have solid reason on its Media gallery design, but to us, it is a bad idea.
AllCammedUp: DualTachyon: I'm afraid that Telligent has gone the way of Microsoft. No one from development&design ever consulted anyone regarding usability. The new Microsoft MSDN/Technet subscribers downloads is completely unusable. Likewise with CS' Media Gallery. It's useless for documents/files/etc.. Seriously, what were people thinking with this design? I can do nothing but agree with your sentiments.... I look at CS2008 now and just shake my head and wonder why someone thought the media gallery and the way it works was a good idea. What has been in EVERY previous version up to CS208 has been a good idea and Telligent just trashed it. It makes it very hard for me to recommend the product now and I'm really disappointed that the feedback presented on this throughout the betas obviously fell on deaf ears. Telligent - PLEASE change the media gallery "back" and/or put a dedicated photo gallery back in. Oh yeah, the new MS downloads site SUCKS. The MSDN download site is using the same engine, and I now despise using the site(s). No wonder Gartner says MS is collapsing... with brain-dead implementations like this that do nothing but break what was working, Both Telligent and Microsoft need to take a hard look at themselves and determine why "new" = "better", because CS2008's media gallery is a prime example of why something that works needs to be left alone. it's only a matter of time until the usually "out of touch" soothsayers at Gartner prove correct.
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