Next/Previous buttons

[Oakley]

This was pointed out by a couple of users and I discounted it at first but now I think they have a point. It does not relate to any specific version.

Basically if you view an album then the images in that album display underneath. It defaults to the "Most Recent" view like this:

However, when you view the first image there is only the "Previous" button, like this:

My users have pointed out that when you view the album you look at the images from left to right. Consequently, it seems logical to use the right hand button (next) to view the "next" image.

Basically they are saying it's not intuitive and "back to front", they would expect to use a navigation button on the right because this is how they viewed the album content.

Why I suspect it's like this is because "Most Recent" is time based. Consequently, in relation to time the next older image would be the via the "previous" button (previous being older). Thats quite logical but from a viewers perspective it's not naturally intuitive, they instinctively look for a button on the right as thats where the "next" image was when they viewed the album as a whole.

As I say I never noticed this before but now I think they have a point.

Just wonder what others think

 

[DonnyD]

I'm 100% with you, it's counter-productive to have the most recent view as default for albums. Especially for non-technical users.
It should be sorted by Oldest by default. TBH i'm looking for a way to remove both Recent & Most Viewed from within album views.

 

[DonnyD]

Open /app/routes/route.album.php

Search for, and change:

$list->setSortOrder($list_params['sort'][1]); // asc | desc

to

$list->setSortOrder('asc'); // asc | desc

If you also want to remove the other views from displaying, you can add the following to custom css section (this will remove them from all views btw!):
#list-most-recent-link { display: none; }
#list-most-viewed-link { display: none; }