High-Resolution Images in Marketplace Listings
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RestrainedRaptor Resident
Marketplace images are limited to 700x525 pixels. This really needs to be increased so we can actually see what we're buying.
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Without Ordinary
Support for 360 snapshots would be cool.
Spidey Linden
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Blau Rascon
This would be very appreciated especially given a lot of folks like to do these very fancy detailed photoshoot style product images and then not offer easier-to-see detail shots of the thing.
700x525 is tiny by today's standards. I'm pretty sure I had forum signatures bigger than that back in the day. Increasing the allowed image size, showing the full size on click, maybe with a hover-zoom function would be handy.
And yeah a filesize limit alongside the increased image pixel-size to keep people from uploading overly-heavy images would be needed, mostly for PNGs though, JPG tend to be much smaller. (Or allow WEBP image upload, those are itty bitty but have high quality)
Woolfyy Resident
Let's say maybe to add a click on pic to enlarge it individually full page but no need to have a higher resolution in listing as the long lists or tiled views will otherwise take ages to load though not needed, especially when the mobile version of SL viewer will be in production ...
Keep in mind that not all users have FFTH or 5G lines or even 4K screens.
RestrainedRaptor Resident
Woolfyy Resident Load times on the SL marketplace are fine. 1080p images as JPEG will not increase bandwidth requirements much, compared to what's already being sent across the wire to use the website.
Woolfyy Resident
RestrainedRaptor Resident The lighter it is the best( it is for display speed ... what i meant is that web pages are like SL textures : they need the right resolution at the right place. I agree on the fact that big pics or zooming need a better quality and i would add not just on the MP but also on SL feeds.
What i was pointing out though is to take care of the fact that most users stupidly consider that if they have more they can use more everywhere and the others need to upgrade ...
Keep in mind that not every users have FFTH and last generation computers. It is always good to have an old computer somewhere to test how things work even on it :-)
Anyway as said by Dana, Amazon is the good reference ...
RestrainedRaptor Resident
Woolfyy Resident Honestly, the bandwidth argument is a moot point. These extra images won't slow down page loading because you'll be downloading them on-demand when clicking the thumbnails anyway.
When you do download them, it's an extra 100-200KB per image. You eat through that kind of data within a few tens of milliseconds when teleporting to a new destination in SL itself. For comparison, a typical marketplace webpage already uses about 1.5MB of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Also, if your PC can handle SL then it can handle a web browser. Indeed, web pages can load inside the viewer.
High res pictures are worth the wait because it's better to spend an extra second to see what you're about to buy.
Dana Enyo
Seems like that's bigger than what I see on Amazon. And over there I'm spending serious cash.
RestrainedRaptor Resident
Dana Enyo I'm pretty sure most product images on Amazon are larger than 700 pixels wide. Ultimately it's the seller's responsibility to upload good, high-res photos of their products, and the webpage will let you zoom and pan around.
Dana Enyo
RestrainedRaptor Resident Absolutely not always. I chose a recent search at random (a dress) and the images are all 548 pixels wide. So it's not universal by any means.
RestrainedRaptor Resident
Dana Enyo Indeed, I did say 'most'. And any sellers uploading images that small should really be trying harder. I'd consider such low-res product images to be a red flag (possibly stolen images from another website).
Kadah Coba
Its 2014, 1080p has become standard, we got plenty of screen space now.
RestrainedRaptor Resident
Kadah Coba I know that was a typo, but yes, even in 2014, 1080p was the norm! 😁
Kadah Coba
RestrainedRaptor Resident More of an accurate joke for how late this is.