"Click to magnify/shrink"

[mondblut]

OK, what's up with this crap?

Some people, myself including, are used to browse the web with images turned off, and right-click on a specific image to load it when interested. Now, whenever I point at an image placeholder, some stupid javascript pops up some spinner40.gif offering to "magnify/shrink" all while conveniently obscuring said placeholder and preventing me from right-clicking on it. WTF?

 

[mondblut]

OK, I put "*/phpBB/templates/rpgcodex/PopBox/scripts/PopBox.js" into blacklist and the fucking spinner image no longer bothers me. But you better make stuff like that optional for the users...

 

[DraQ]

In before the first codexer wanting this kind of gizmo for his penis.

 

[inwoker]

In before the first codexer wanting this kind of gizmo for his penis.

It still should be optional.

 

[Seboss]

Why would you turn off images?

 

[racofer]

Dumbing down of the codex.

 

[MetalCraze]

This shit even pop-ups on small (like 64x64) images - totally covering them.

 

[Cloaked Figure]

do a barrel roll

 

[Darth Roxor]

Dumbing down? In my RPG Codex?

 

[OSK]

Why would you turn off images?

Have you seen the images that litter these boards?

 

[DarkUnderlord]

OK, what's up with this crap?

People have complained about large image widths ruining the size of pages so I've been playing with solutions (and it's been something that's annoyed me a few times with some overly large ones). Unfortunately I can't test every possible scenario myself so it's a matter of inflicting things on people and seeing who complains until I find something that's either acceptable to a reasonable amount of people or give up and pull it all out. At this stage, I've still got a few other things I want to try first.

Some people, myself including, are used to browse the web with images turned off, and right-click on a specific image to load it when interested. Now, whenever I point at an image placeholder, some stupid javascript pops up some spinner40.gif offering to "magnify/shrink" all while conveniently obscuring said placeholder and preventing me from right-clicking on it. WTF?

That's actually pretty funny.

This shit even pop-ups on small (like 64x64) images - totally covering them.

Yeah, that's also a problem.

Anyway, my scenarios at the moment are:

1. Remove the JavaScript and just keep the set maximum image widths. Causes problems with ITZ comic and Let's Play threads though (you have to right-click and view image and muck around to see them properly).
   
2. Go back to my first option of simply replacing all embedded images (possibly only those that are over a certain width) with links automatically. That means no images at all and clicking if you want to see them. Again, issues re Let's Play and Comics, having to click and load all images etc...
   
3. Work on the code so that instead of having to hover / click on the image to re-size, another link appears below which triggers the shrink / re-size. Hopefully that means people without images will still be able to right-click the image and view it, while those with images can simply click the link below it.

I'm mainly mucking around with all this because I want something similar for the new gallery code I'm building and I'm trying out possible solutions.

Threads I'm taking into consideration:

• Warriors of Diversity (A Post-ITZ Codexian Tale)
  
• Let's Play Threads
  
• Massive image spam

 

[Occasionally Fatal]

Is it at all possible to set a minimum size before the javascript activates? I know you can <a href="http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-98502.html">find the width/height of an image</a>, so it seems possible. I would think that'd be an ideal fix, since it wouldn't mess with images that don't stretch out the screen (probably assume a minimum resolution of 1024x768).

Also, I don't know about anyone else, but if I so much as mouse over the images they expand, despite the text that says I should have to actually click for this action to occur (using latest version of Firefox, perhaps its a setting Ive mucked up? Update: when I went to the PopBox! site it worked properly there...). Moving my pointer off of the image causes the image to size back down.

I like where this is headed though.

 

[racofer]

Is there a way for those who don't want this annoying feature to disable it?

 

[Forest Dweller]

Is there a way for those who don't want this annoying person to disable him?

 

[Cloaked Figure]

do it like ITS, a small screen and you click to see it

 

[MetalCraze]

No it will ruin Let's Plays and Warriors of Diversity.

ITS forums suck and don't have normal let's plays so it can be forgiven.

 

[zerotol]

This is so gay, now when i post annoying big ass screens, they are little and not annoying.

Great fucking job

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

This is so gay, now when i post annoying big ass screens, they are little and not annoying.

Great fucking job

Learn from me you noob.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=699128

 

[zerotol]

yes i saw it already, fucking annoying hahahah

 

[MetalCraze]

DU can you make a script that automatically deletes the duplicates of the same image url between image tags when you hit post?
It surely won't stop spam but it will make it more annoying for the retards to post it.

 

[Stella Brando]

 

[Forest Dweller]

 

[Micmu]

Hey how about an old-fashioned BANNING instead of wasting time installing and fiddling with plugins?

p.s.: this script does more damage than good because of the annoying mouse-over zoom.

 

[BethesdaLove]

DROP THE FUCKING ANIMATION!!!

 

[Balor]

Also, install Opera and never suffer from that agaim. Without all this annoying javascripts.

After all, nobody was loudly complaining about that in the feedback forum, last I heard.