A Better Way of Toggling Between Images?

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  1. eugbug profile image97
    eugbugposted 5 years ago

    Rather than having lots of images displayed in sequence on an article, an alternative is to use thumbnails to allow a reader to cycle through them. The problem is that it's practically impossible to make out what the thumbnails are on a mobile device, especially if they're line diagrams with text.
    What would be a better alternative to this?

    1. lobobrandon profile image88
      lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      The point of a thumbnail is that it tells people there's another image and they can click to see it. If people are interested in the tutorial they'd know what to click.

      There's no other way to do it right now. The only other option is have many images one after another.

      1. eugbug profile image97
        eugbugposted 5 years agoin reply to this

        The problem is that if there are several thumbnails, the reader doesn't know which one to click, especially if it's a line graphic with text, viewed on a cell phone. So it's not much better than forward and backward arrows for cycling between images. Have a look at my triangle hub that the editor has just finished and you'll see what I mean.

        1. lobobrandon profile image88
          lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

          I just took a look and it seems fine to me. I don't think your readers need to see a big image to know what's in there. You tell them what they can expect and so they can click to find out.

          Like I said earlier and you pointed out, there's no better way to do it.

          1. eugbug profile image97
            eugbugposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Ok, thanks for that Brandon! I'm probably being over concerned and OTT and OCD as usual smile

            1. lobobrandon profile image88
              lobobrandonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

              Haha. No worries.

 
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