Extension talk:Media Viewer/About/Archive/Talk:Media Viewer

"Details"
It seems to me that this section is missing the point. For instance, the main shortcoming of all this will proably be the inability to show the description in the correct language, for a number of reasons; Commons (and only Commons) has the tools to solve this via language select. Avoid adding more complexity for dubious gains, just link the description page for more details. Primary and secondary info already look like a huge challenge to extract, probably not properly feasible. --Nemo 12:37, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Nemo. You make a good point that details may be overkill in this view. We got similar feedback from our team and other community members, and will pass it on to our designers. Thanks so much for this suggestion. Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 17:25, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

From irc chat
Putting here so I don't forget: Bawolff (talk) 00:23, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Was suggested in irc chat that annotations be shown in media viewer.
 * Thanks, Bawolff, good point. This annotation request could possibly be addressed by an opt-in variation of the Article Feedback tool, as proposed in this RfC on Commons. Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 17:25, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Another suggestion from Rillke was to make it easier to give proper credits to authors and sources, which could possibly be addressed with an Embed tool. Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 17:25, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * With useful recent details from the gadget's developer at w:Help_talk:Gadget-ImageAnnotator (particularly the penultimate comment). :) Quiddity (talk) 18:39, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Quiddity! Good suggestion about possible requirements for an annotation tool. It would be great if we could re-use the AFT code for this, when the time comes, so we don't have to reinvent the wheel regarding comments. Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 17:25, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

From Roundtables
Here are some of the recommendations made in recent roundtable discussions -- from their respective Etherpad notes:


 * August 8 Multimedia Roundtable:
 * https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-Direct-link-to-Commons.js
 * Improve visibility of Featured pictures, or medias uploaded during a pertnership (GLAM...) or a campaign (WLM...)
 * Mockups with this idea (and personal feedback) : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/Feature_ideas#Media_viewer
 * Image zooming with progressive loading (ZoomViewer: http://toolserver.org/~dschwen/iip/wip.php?f=Chicago.jpg )
 * Also needed to view large maps (related to Wikimaps)
 * Would it be wise to disable this somehow for fair-use images? Obviously they're likely to be low-res anyway...
 * Likewise work out how to handle the crappy 100px images we still have - don't automatically expand! +1!
 * Let’s not forget Daniel’s ZoomViewer ! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-ZoomViewer
 * Media viewer must provide a easy way to explain readers how to credit file's author.


 * July 10 Multimedia Roundtable:
 * This would be a small enhancement to the Wikipedia experience of a *huge* number of people. I wouldn't put it high on my personal wishlist, but it would be nice. (Sage)
 * The subsection of the policy that was mentioned, is w:Wikipedia:Image use policy - The other related policy is w:Wikipedia:NOTGALLERY - I think the "spirit" of these policies, (the reason they were written and are enforced), is (1) to prevent editors adding massive galleries to the bottom of articles (page-size load problems) and (2) to prevent disputes over which images are worth including (Extreme example: Imagine all of commons:Category:Bananas and its subcategories in the article Banana) All are Curation-solvable. (Quiddity)

These roundtable comments were cited by Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 17:26, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Re-use this File
Also noteworthy are Trizek's recommendations on re-using a file from the Media Viewer, cited below (be sure to check his First mockup at the end):

Hello Multimedia team!

After the IRC meeting hour yesterday (many thanks to the team for this moment!), I have developed ideas for the media viewer, based on user experience and feedbacks collected on French Wikipedia.

"Show images in larger, media viewer panel when you click on them" is the first feature proposed, and an expected one! Image should be displayed bigger as possible, with (of course) a responsive system. The contributive options (buttons on the mock-up) are not a priority, I think: most people just want to see the image. Image description or "see more files" link should be put forward instead.

"Option to go to next image if it is part of a category or collection" should not be an option. People really want to see more files. You can see the files on an article, or, by a direct link, all images on the category. At the end of the presentation, we should add a "contribute" link. On Wikipedia, a link "see more files related to $page_title" will provide a great satisfaction to the reader. On Commons, we may have a link like this, but related to the adjacent or parent categories.

"Include a description and credit below the image, link to file page" is a good idea, which may be magnified: on Wikipedia, add the caption (the reader have the information linked to article, the context, the answer to "why this image has been chosen"). On Wikipedia or Commons, display information about the file (for example, copyrighted file because no-FOP, or POTY). On Commons, you mustn't forget the powerful system of annotations, which increase image quality.

A very important point is how to credit authors of free licensed files: I have collected many experiences about bad (or no) crediting during wiki-trainings or with my colleagues. This must be explained on the viewer, with a link or a button "reuse this file". Clicking on this link will display a how-to, ideally on three steps: image analysis, download choices (size, format) and how to credit.

All these ideas can be more easily understood with mock-ups. If you need it, I can join some images.

This viewer feature will also require substantial changes on Commons Files pages, in order to change the very bad interface. What do you think about it ?

I have asked the French community about testing this feature. Keep in touch! Trizek (talk) 13:15, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * First mockup and Reuse the file mockup - Trizek (talk) 13:53, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Cited by Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 17:25, 27 August 2013 (UTC)