[Dspace-general] Re: [Dspace-tech] Image Handling in DSpace

[Jason Simms]

Hello Scott,

You are correct to note that many people have requested thumbnails in 
the search results; from our end, we have been requesting such a 
feature since the idea of thumbnails gained wide notice, and we always 
did find it curious that the images eventually only made it into the 
item view!

One feature I would like to see is the ability to display the full 
image directly when clicking on the thumbnail from the search results, 
thus bypassing the item display page and saving a click.  If you know 
you want to see the image, why require an extra step?

Your priority list seems very reasonable, too.  While I would like to 
see larger thumbnails (or even configurable size across a wider gamut), 
the search results should probably take highest priority.  Allowing 
thumbnail on/off display toggle on a per-collection basis is a great 
idea, but again, one thing at a time.

And, as an aside, if you need a willing tester, sign me up in a 
hurry...  :-)

--
Jason Simms
Computer Programming and Design
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
865.974.8508

On Aug 30, 2004, at 9:12 PM, Scott Yeadon wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just wanted to get an idea of whether the DSpace community is 
> interested in a patch to be included in a later version of DSpace to 
> show image thumbnails in the title browse and search results pages 
> where items are comprised of (an) image bitstream(s). I've seen 
> mention of it a couple of times and while we have done this locally, I 
> want to refactor the code we've done to make it compatible with the 
> mediafilter model of 1.2. If people are interested, post to the list 
> with any ideas/thoughts/features regarding image handling and I'll 
> start looking into a patch.
>
> Also, are people interested in the option of a larger image display to 
> be shown on the item display page? For an example of this have a look 
> at some image items on the ANU DSpace at http://dspace.anu.edu.au/. 
> While we use some (inexpensive) commercial software to do this for 
> performance reasons (ImageAlchemy http://www.handmadesw.com/), if 
> there is enough interest a version using free software such as 
> ImageMagick or the java image libraries could be an alternative 
> implementation (though the generation process is likely to be much 
> slower).
>
> Note the following:
> - Local concerns may on occasion take priority so I'll do the work in 
> stages e.g. 1) basic thumbnail viewing 2) item level images 3) 
> additional generators/greater control over images, etc. This way I can 
> added functionality incrementally fairly quickly
> - Image options will be repository wide (i.e. thumbnails will be shown 
> on a repository basis), if there is demand for per collection basis 
> that may come later
> - Where an item comprises multiple image bitstreams only the first 
> will be shown
>
> Anyhow let me know any thoughts/requirements and I'll start looking 
> into it...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott.
>
>
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