Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-26339491-20191203204132/@comment-30374714-20200627223800

Okay, but this seems to mean that as an anonymous user there’s no way to view anything other than a preview image? The galleries on the main pages crop the images they’re showing to the point where you’re seeing very little of it. What about people who want to see something in full as well as general information? What about some pages with hard to find art and images? How is anyone supposed to fully enjoy these things if they’re impossible to view without an account? Thumbnails are not good enough. Personally, although I do obviously have an account I’m not always signed in, I have a tendency to hop onto a page I need for art reference and pull images up that way. I also love to collect concept art, a lot of which can be found on these communities, am I expected to be logged in for occasional browsing or just so I can save an image for my personal files? This is certainly decreasing the ease of use for this site. This seems less like a helpful idea than it is just pandering to analytics to increase traffic and search engine hits. These pages need to be fully useful to the fans, account holders or not they’re the people who keep this site alive and relevant, they need to be able to view details and not just be locked into an endless loop. Loops are not a user-friendly feature, I expect a fair few people to end their visit to a page if content is inaccessible.