If you were viewing thumbnails in a photo gallery, and you clicked on a thumbnail to view a larger image, what would you expect to happen…
a.) redirect to a new page with a larger photo?
b.) a new tab opens with a larger image?
c.) a pop-up window appears with a larger image?
In my gallery, I have the ability for users to listen to music while viewing things, but it occurred to me that if I do the normal redirect to a new page, then the music will get lost.
So if I want to allow the user to keep listening to the music those chose, I guess I would need to switch to either Option B or Option C above, right?
Also, how do you make a new tab appear when clicking on a hyperlink?
And how would you create a sized popup window if Option C is your recommendation?
In order to not disturb the music that is turned on photo-gallery.php, that is why I was thinking it would be better to open a new tab or a new window for the detailed photo.
Maybe someday when I learn video editing and production I can solve this issue by creating a music video, but until then…
Would you find opening up a new tab or window overly distracting?
If so, then I guess people will just have to understand that if they navigate off the page (e.g. clicking a link) then the music will stop.
Currently when someone clicks on a thumbnail they go to a photo-details.php page with a larger image PLUS the ability to download the image in raw format.
Because this is a casual site to show people holiday photos, I don’t want to spend much more time on it, and I’m not sure if for my application the pop up photo is the way to go. (Altjough I appreciate the knowledge because I can see places where I might use it.)
That being said, I am wondering if I try to allow people to continuously listen to a song as they browse and look at enlarged pictures (e.g. open a new tab/window) or it is implied that listening to the song is independent of looking at photos.
No, I am trying to think about what users would want, which is to keep listening to a thematic song in the background while they listen to music. (e.g. Christmas music while looking at photos from our Holiday Party).
And I do care about users enough to ask before simply coding things to open a new window.
You sound like I shot someone?!
Not that I have time for it now, but certainly what I am trying to do must be desired by others, so how do they solve this problem? That is, having a soundtrack playing in the background while you surf a website, but where the msuic comes from the website and not a separate application.
