I don't look at the photo section but I just got bored and realized why.

EMKThis is not a section I lurk in and I'm sure this point has been raised before. but here it is again from my perspective.

Forgetting how bad our photo section was I went there for the first time in years. I was genuinely shocked that the icons are still really small and I have to click on each photo individually. Once clicking I can't even click an obvious link to view the next photo. This is as old school as it gets.

Fixing this needs to be a priority. lets look to photo streams that work well.

Instagram is pretty much king. if there was an app that was like instagram but it was actually just the ns photo section, i would use that shit! If the ns photo section just worked in a similar way I would also use it!

Tumblr, that's alright too, hey this is 2015, you could probably make the section like tumblr but with the option to change the theme. you could have infinite scolling instagram style or different sized tiles, you could even make more popular photos bigger. many choices. all better than what we currently have.

Is such an out dated style of photo gallery available anywhere else on the internet? Surely not anywhere with this number of users.

1337Yeah, definitely not my favorite gallery system by a long shot. I just checked my personal profile photo section and yeah, it's... not good.

Mr.BishopWell in its defense it was built in roughly 2006. So for that time it wasn't bad at all.

EMKThis is not a section I lurk in and I'm sure this point has been raised before. but here it is again from my perspective.

Forgetting how bad our photo section was I went there for the first time in years. I was genuinely shocked that the icons are still really small and I have to click on each photo individually. Once clicking I can't even click an obvious link to view the next photo. This is as old school as it gets.

Fixing this needs to be a priority. lets look to photo streams that work well.

Instagram is pretty much king. if there was an app that was like instagram but it was actually just the ns photo section, i would use that shit! If the ns photo section just worked in a similar way I would also use it!

Tumblr, that's alright too, hey this is 2015, you could probably make the section like tumblr but with the option to change the theme. you could have infinite scolling instagram style or different sized tiles, you could even make more popular photos bigger. many choices. all better than what we currently have.

Is such an out dated style of photo gallery available anywhere else on the internet? Surely not anywhere with this number of users.

Mr.BishopTotally noted, and a mega re-design of this is on deck.

toastyteenagerstoasty can help with ECMAscript

steezyjibberhmm guess i'm so used to it that i've never really thought about it

stucciA feed of the latest and top photos would be super sick. I would then use it for sure.

Mr.BishopYeah I mean anyone who has been here for a number of years will be used to the interface, but anyone new is really not going to be into it. I mean even at a certain point those who are used to it will realize its super dated vs. the really recent tech that is out there.



Those are both actually there.... what about those feeds don't you like?

Mr.BishopThose are both actually there.... what about those feeds don't you like?

stucciLike you said, they are dated. There's no flow. A vertical, infinite scroll of the latest photos much like Instagram, with the option to switch to top would be a great improvement. Have smaller, but not thumbnail sized versions for quicker load times (think the current width of the main body of the site) then let me click the photo for enlargement and more info.

Also when the evening prime time rolls round for me it's almost impossible to view photos because of internet speeds. Not to mention videos, but that's going off topic...

Mr.BishopWhat is the problem with your prime time internet speeds?

stucciDoes NS throttle server access in the downtime (my primetime)? I always thought it was a combination of this plus the network being strained locally by other users causing things to load extremely slow. If I want to watch a video here at this time I usually have to let it load for ~ 15 minutes. Probably longer.

I can't watch things on vimeo at night for the same reason. (P.S vimeo has a 50:50 chance of flat out not working, throwing up an error along the lines of 'Sorry! Something happened')

Mr.BishopNo, we absolutely should not do that. The fact that vimeo has issues as well is problematic on your end.... seeing this on multiple sites is suspicious. Do you see it on YouTube as well?

stucciYoutube loads just fine, which is why I began to believe it was something on your end too. Weird.

Also, I don't know why I bothered...but I did. Here's a mock up of a feed. Scrollers, dropdown comments (with icons), original uploader icon displayed. Same idea for photos.

full size imgur link: http://i.imgur.com/nReSypZ.jpg

stucciYoutube loads just fine, which is why I began to believe it was something on your end too. Weird.

Also, I don't know why I bothered...but I did. Here's a mock up of a feed. Scrollers, dropdown comments (with icons), original uploader icon displayed. Same idea for photos.

full size imgur link: http://i.imgur.com/nReSypZ.jpg

Mr.BishopThread derail.... can we keep it to photos in here?

If we want to have a separate discussion about suggestions for video page that is fine, but lets keep on track about photos.

VinnieFwith photos it's nice to be able to fullscreen and sit back and scroll through them with the arrow keys.

It would be sweet to be able to filter better too, so instead of just having all new photos or all new photos in rails, being able to select all new photos in rails, big mountain, and jumps or whatever combination you want then sit back in full screen mode and scroll through them would be so sweet.

stucciNo problems. I think as a band aid fix you could just increase the size of the previews in the photo section (spanning the width of the body of NS), and add the ability to upvote/downvote without clicking on the photo.