 Posted 12/9/2007 10:14:52 AM
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Okay,
I gotta speak my mind here...
I am somewhat disappointed with the lack of information we can view.. ...
When we looked through other members folios.
Before, firstly, images were auto viewable and secondly we could look through other areas of those members pages besides just their portfolio page.
Like their top images page.
And I think it is very confusing on their pages as well as my own, with the "Awards won" section and the "Archived section"
I would like to see the images with awards since they are viewable even if I havent voted on them yet because we can. but it is very hard to tell what is what and furthermore what I would like to look at ...like floral images vs.digiart , for example, without having to stop to change to thumbnails...and then if I wish to make a comment, I hit enter and back again to no thumbnails ..geesh louishe I cant take it anymore ....LOL>...
Is there anyone who minds if their TOP IMAGES page is viewable to all members? okay without the ones with no awards shown..
Along with this issue is the sorting mechanism..no matter what I do everything goes back to default on my page or other's pages when I switch pages for a sec. Very frustrating and not a help with portfolio management at all.
I only bring this up because ease of navigation is much smoother and quicker if there are images available automatically..no lock feature on my preferred method of organization is extremely frustrating.
In my opinion , the sort feature is useless without a lock... ..
I am sorry Eric, no offense,,just my feelings. forgive me.
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Posted 12/9/2007 10:58:07 AM
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| I rather miss the viewing priviledges, also. Funny that you would mention this Tonka because a situation concerning you yesterday brought an issue to my attention. I received a "request for comments"... after replying and then receiving the response, I wanted to go back and look at the image again. Unfortunately, that was not possible. How can there be any ongoing communication about an image with this rule?
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Posted 12/9/2007 11:00:39 AM
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Posted 12/9/2007 11:06:23 AM
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That is another good example. I ran across an image yesterday while voting that absolutely blew my socks off. I really couldn't think of words (besides OMG! or WOW!) at that time so I just gave it the 10 I felt it deserved and went on with voting. After pondering on the image most of the day, I wanted to find it and leave a comment. Guess what? No can do.
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Posted 12/9/2007 12:43:40 PM
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Ditto!
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Posted 12/9/2007 12:48:03 PM
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I'll chime in too  I really miss the viewing priviledges also. There's so many improvements and new features with DAv3 but not being able to see all images is a great loss IMO. I agree with all the reasons Tonka and HappySnaps have already mentioned; I too have at times wanted to comment on an image after having voted but then can't see the image anymore  Another reason I miss it is from a learning standpoint ... I found it immensely helpful to read some of the RfC comments on others members' images. Many times when voting, if I found my rating to be considerably higher or lower than the image's average, I'd go to the image to see if there were any comments ... Sometimes in reading the detailed critiques of an image, weaknesses were pointed out that in my "newbie-ness" I had overlooked ... or conversely, technical aspects had been mastered that I hadn't fully appreciated. It helped me grow with how I look at other images when voting and also with creating my images. Tonka, I also agree wholeheartedly about the sort feature  I never seem to be able to get it sorted how I want it  I'd like to 'lock' it as sorted by active/archived and then standard rating in descending order ...with the active images on top but the archived images are always listed first. If I get the active images on top, then the rating is in ascending order 
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Posted 12/9/2007 3:42:19 PM
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Tonka (12/9/2007)
Before, firstly, images were auto viewable and secondly we could look through other areas of those members pages besides just their portfolio page.
Like their top images page.
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All three pages that you could view in the old version are still viewable now (the links to reach them have just yet to be added). Follow the links in my post signature. They will take you to MyProflie, MyTop24, and MyImages pages. The only two real changes are 1) the format of the profile page and 2) active images without awards are not displayed in the MyImages page.
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I also prefer the format of the older MyProfile page. I often sent that link to people when I told them about the site. It displayed well and gave a good sample of everyone submissions. Now, the my profile page with it's two display list, (that are practically duplicates) is not as attractive a place to use as an example of the site. I would like to see the old format with larger thumbnail links to the full image return.
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The only images that are not directly viewable are those in the active contest. To me, that is a definite plus for protecting the integrity of the contest and just something that we will need to be adapt too. All the best images will at least win category awards and should be viewable in a matter of days after entry. As well, the highest rated 100 are also immediately viewable in the TOP 100 category listings without awards. These just do not have the photographer's name included.
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I don't think here is really as much change in image viewing as you perceive.
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Posted 12/10/2007 4:20:33 AM
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