Possible New Forum Feature

[jeff]

I'm working on a new forum feature that allows hover zoom. Let me know what you think. Good? Bad? Useless? Thanks to Doc and Mark for use of their images in testing.

Hover your mouse over the images and a box should appear to the right with the zoomed portion. This is using two images - the large thumbnail generated when an image is uploaded to the photo album and the underlying very large original image uploaded. So it's not a "fake" zoom, it's the actual larger image.

[imgzoom=http://www.penturners.org/photos/images/8887/1_EmperorTimepiece_3.JPG]http://www.penturners.org/photos/images/8887/large/1_EmperorTimepiece_3.JPG[/imgzoom]

[imgzoom=http://www.penturners.org/photos/images/16805/1_IMG_0880.JPG]http://www.penturners.org/photos/images/16805/large/1_IMG_0880.JPG[/imgzoom]

 

[William Menard]

i like the idea but my cursor and your box don't wanna line up

 

[jeff]

I am aware that it doesn't work too well in IE right now. William is that your browser?

 

[William Menard]

safari

 

[Acelectric]

I am aware that it doesn't work too well in IE right now. William is that your browser?

Not working right in Chrome for me.

 

[jeff]

Is anyone using Firefox?

 

[LarryDNJR]

Chrome
I like it.

 

[Acelectric]

Is anyone using Firefox?

Works good for me in FF.

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

Great idea. Safari. Doesn't work here.

 

[yorkie]

Love it.

 

[Timebandit]

Works fine for me in Firefox

 

[asyler]

like it, also firefox

 

[thebillofwrites]

Works great for me in Firefox, but not in Chrome.

Love the feature!!!!

 

[jeff]

I just made a code change that fixed it for me in IE 11. I don't have Chrome or Safari on this computer so I can't check those.

How about it IE, Safari, and Chrome guys? Any better?

 

[Acelectric]

Working in Chrome now.

Well almost. If I go straight to the first page it won't work, but if I use the back button to go there it does.....

 

[mark james]

Not yet in safari. I get a cursor box that tracks on the lowest portion of the picture.

HEY - That's the pen I dropped down a drainage pipe in my parking lot last week . Leave it? OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO. The top grate must have weighed 250 lbs. But, got my pen back and only a few scratches to buff out!
I don't have enough nice pens to leave one 6' under!!!

 

[mredburn]

Man your fit and finish had better be spot on. That will be a great feature in the contests.

 

[Acelectric]

That is some serious zoom. Much better than having to click on the image.:good:

 

[jeff]

That is some serious zoom. Much better than having to click on the image.:good:

It all depends on the size of the original image. I'm planning to use this with the photo album uploads because that allows very large dimension photos where as the forum attachment system does not.

This will take me a bit to get working completely, but it'll get there. I'll need to do some more research on the Safari problem. Unless... is there a Javascript programmer in the house who is an expert in browser detection? :biggrin:

 

[mbroberg]

Man your fit and finish had better be spot on. That will be a great feature in the contests.

That was my initial thought as well. It could really help out in contest judging.

 

[southernclay]

Digital caliper stock gonna break records!

I like it, using IE11 and working fine. Cool feature

 

[Jim Smith]

I love it. I'm using IE 11.

Jim Smith

 

[stonepecker]

Great idea Jeff

 

[Acelectric]

Ok using Chrome, as long as I don't use the mouse wheel to scroll down it works fine, but if I do the zoom box is offset by the same amount.

 

[Carl Fisher]

Unusable on Chrome OS version of Chrome. Only a partial of the full size image shows up and it shows up mostly off the screen. Also only lets the little hover box live along the bottom of the thumbnail nowhere near the cursor.

 

[Chasper]

Having trouble on Chrome, working fine on TOR

 

[Bill Arnold]

It works fine in Firefox.

 

[Dale Lynch]

Dammit!,now I have to buy headgear before I make and post another pen.Great Idea for the contests though.

 

[Edward Cypher]

Nice job Jeff works fine for my IE!

 

[j_b_fischer]

Chrome ... like it.

 

[lorbay]

Jeff it doesn't work very well on Chrome or Safari on the iPad.
Lin

 

[JohnGreco]

In Chrome on a MacBook Air the box just slides across the very bottom, cannot go vertical.

 

[jeff]

Thanks ,everyone. This is just the first cut at this to see if I could make it work. It does, so we'll work now on cross browser issues.

 

[Crashmph]

working in FF v29, but could the magnafied window be larger? Not more magnification, but larger window of magnification?

 

[SteveG]

I am using Safari: it works great, and is a very nice and convenient feature. Where is the slot for me to put in my quarter?

...What?! TWO quarters! Fifty cent! Still worth it! TY boss man!

 

[KBs Pensnmore]

Absolutely fantastic idea, can see a lot finer details on the pictures.
Thanks for the hard work and effort that you put in Jeff.
I'd give a thumbs up but it gone.
Kryn

 

[PTsideshow]

Works well on updated FF, whats nice is you don't want to use it. It doesn't get in your way like some other features on web sites do. :clown:

 

[hobo]

Hello there, I like this new feature and it works just fine on firefox.

 

[jimofsanston]

I like makes it a easier to see the details. Thanks for improving the site Jeff.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

works fine on the top photo, not on the bottom one, chrome. I like the idea, though.