chimera46 opened this issue on Jan 22, 2007 · 10 posts
chimera46 posted Mon, 22 January 2007 at 7:20 PM
I know there was a major overhaul last june, but I do have one modest suggestion for the consideration of the admins.
I'll often make an image that can easily fit in more than one gallery (a sci-fi pinup, a humourous fantasy pic, etc), and yet I am forced to pick just one gallery to upload into. I would find it preferable to be able to reach all target audiences with one shot across gallery lines. That is, I suggest that the uploading options be changed so that an image can be seen in more than one gallery of the artist's choosing.
I don't know what kind of trouble this would cause on the programming end of things, but some other sites have gallery upload choices listed as checkboxes (allowing viewing in multiple galleries) rather than a single drop down menu.
I don't believe posting something as "unspecified" is an option either. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I make a social commentary sci-fi piece, posting it as "unspecified" won't get it in either the sci-fi or social commentary gallery, but rather would only be seen by those who choose to look through all galleries.
While in the physical world it is difficult to hang a single painting in more than one gallery, we have no such constraints here, so why have we constructed them artificially?
The strong do as they can while the weak do as they must.