robl
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3 years ago As what was a subsequent step in regard to the second bullet item above, “In Mirador 3 the functionality bar (somewhat transparent) covers the bottom of the image: it will take some time to change this because Mirador 3 is an open source product. The group will reach out to various IIIF channels to explore this question. (@robl if you are going to contact the Mirador Slack channel…,” please see these two comments in #56:
https://github.com/ycba-cia/blacklight-collections2/issues/56#issuecomment-817805973 https://github.com/ycba-cia/blacklight-collections2/issues/56#issuecomment-817954429
EdwardTown1
yulgit1
edgartdata
mxgold
flapka
BaylaArietta
Starting a new issue from #56 here only with Mirador 3 enhancements questions, that may be resolved at a later time (I put End of May 2021 for now but we may need to push it further).
Distorted Image in Print Preview issue: we will keep researching why this is happening but decided to go ahead with the push of Mirador 3
In Mirador 3 the functionality bar (somewhat transparent) covers the bottom of the image: it will take some time to change this because Mirador 3 is an open source product. The group will reach out to various IIIF channels to explore this question. (@robl if you are going to contact the Mirador Slack channel, I wonder if we should 'bundle' our questions?) In the meantime, the functionality bar moves to below the image in the full screen viewing mode.
The metadata area (opened via the hamburger menu at top left) is rather narrow. Could it be slightly wider? Or could the width respond to user adjustments?
Is it possible to adjust the typography for the metadata area. The fluctuations in point size seem mildly wonky, and at times I wish there was a clearer distinction (via typography) between field label and field data.
I wonder if it will be at all confusing to users that the default viewer in our object display differs (in mild ways) from the viewer that opens upon clicking the iiif icon.
FL6 Once a user clicks on the "Window views & thumbnail display" (second from top right) there seems to be no way to exit the menu without selecting a change. It'd be nice if there was a way to simply escape, without selecting a change.
Another little UX thing may be baked into Mirador but is worth noting since it may be confusing for people. Once someone is viewing an image in the full IIIF viewer, they have (in most browsers) two “X” close boxes in the upper right area: the standard one in Mirador for keeping the viewer open but removing the image, and the standard one in web browser to close that tab. People familiar with IIIF will not be fazed by this; newcomers may—especially since on hover, the Mirador “X” says “Close window,” which could really confuse people. I wonder if the on-hover text for that Mirador “X” could be overridden to be “Remove image from viewer”? That could help to mitigate this.
One more UX thing we might consider, this one for the embedded viewer: for many people, the difference between the broken-square icon for full-screen view from the embedded viewer, and going to the non-embedded IIIF viewer (if they realize what that IIIF icon can do), may not be clear (both give them a bigger image). The full-screen icon has helpful “Full screen” text on hover, which gets us partway there. How about adding on-hover text for the IIIF icon, to say “View image in full IIIF viewer” or something like that? That could also be a clue for people who have no idea what that IIIF icon is or means or does. There could be a slippery slope here if we were also to try explaining how to drag that icon, but if we avoid that temptation, maybe just a tip about what happens if a person clicks on it could be helpful.
Of course the two “hover” ideas above would only work in some interaction contexts (e.g., not on touch), but may still help.