Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-26339491-20191203204132/@comment-5956954-20191210162114

Jade Emperor wrote: ... no longer can simply right-click to open an image in a new tab to get to the 'File:' page. Instead I am given a image displayed. Nothing in preferences for me to check off. I sort of understand this problem. There are two scenarios:
 * 1) A file page for the image does not exist. Left-clicking the image would do nothing.
 * 2) A file page does exist, but you're clicking "open image in a new tab" instead of "open link in a new tab", which is what leads to the file page than the image page. An alternative is hovering over the image and clicking the   symbol, which takes you to the file page.

Hope this helps!

"Have you tried to copy and paste relevant info for a complete citation from the overlay popup?" > I'm not sure what you mean here. You can copy-paste the text displayed in the overlay. "I'm thinking the net effect is going to increase frustration for Image gallery surfers, who are simply looking for something to put on their 'website'." > I would personally use sites like Imgur or Shutterstock. "Frustration means more likely to not properly cite the images used." > Indeed, it's good not to frustrate users too much. In my experience, the mere requirement to always search for licenses for images has convinced me to only use sites with free licensing, which itself was difficult to find. Though biased from experience, I think image gallery surfers who are concerned about citation or licensing would take the extra care to cite their sources properly. Since my above link is of images under CC-BY-SA and Fair use respectively ordered, all the surfer has to do is give the same proper attribution. "Just takes a 'right click > open in new tab' to get the full sized image, then the frustration start for the ethically minded individual." I'm not sure what you mean. You can right-click and open the image in a new tab. You save the image, and you go to the origin tab to copy-paste the overlay details/licensing for citation. You could also copy the details first and then save the image without frustrations amounting moreso than if you weren't an anonymous user. If I misunderstood, let me know.

As of now, though, I'm not seeing much issues with the experience received by image gallery surfers searching things for their own website. It's difficult and tedious to comply with licensing and citation on any website, so complying people would already understand the work needed. Even then, the solution is simple or can be replicated better by sites like Imgur or Shutterstock, which intend to be image hosts. Fandom does have things that could be improved or are misguided, but they have done many things right that are yet to be considered so.