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Best fullsize image height?

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  • 22-06-2010 1:43pm
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    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭


    hey

    just wondering.. I have an ongoing project with a commerce site and i noticed(on a widescreen res) that when i click a thumb nail to see a fullsize image, the whole image would not be viewable as the bottom of the image would go out of the bottom of the screen.

    So i have a few options..
    • make the image height 700ish
    • put in a scroll bar and limit the size of the popup window to 700
    • lightbox

    Id rather stay away from lightbox, imo it doesnt suit ecommerce sites.

    the items that are being sold on the site are small(matchbox size). So i feel a high res image would be better so you could see the detail in them.

    Am i missing any options here? Id rather not resize images

    What size do you think is a good size for a fullsize image these days?


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    Eoin
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 21,239 CMod ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    As a customer, I'd much prefer lightbox to a popup window.

    Would about one of those image zoom things that are on a lot of eCommerce sites?


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    cormee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭cormee


    How about jQuery

    http://tyn.ie/Qz

    or

    http://tyn.ie/bd


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    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    Yea i've been playing around with jquery, but i found that it wasnt all that IE compatible. However there are some nice options on that link that seem ie6 friendly, very interesting stuff!


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    red_ice wrote: »
    Yea i've been playing around with jquery, but i found that it wasnt all that IE compatible.

    I can't see how, tbh.......jQuery allows you to "do" things.....whether what you do is IE compatible is up to you.


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    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    so everything that jquery can do is ie6 compatible?


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    red_ice wrote: »
    so everything that jquery can do is ie6 compatible?

    jQuery itself, yes.

    Whether or not individual plugins built using the jQuery framework are compatible with different versions of IE is a separate question; some are, some aren't.


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    was.deevey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭was.deevey


    I'd go Lightbox .. it just "works" .. and its becoming the norm on Alot of ecommerce websites. People are well used to it at this stage and personally I don't think it looks weird on an e-commerce site.

    I'd stay away popup's, just in case of those darn browser blockers aren't working properly.

    G'luck


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