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Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Nikon

02/16/2008 02:03:33 PM · #1

Can y'all take a look at a album gallery on my site.
I am considering moving from coppermine to jalbum/fotoplayer to handle my event and user preview galleries (more than 25K images)

I have gotten limited feedback that the trial site is slow

I would like to get a wider sampling of opinion

here is the link
//www.imagefusionstudio.com/sf_trial/

Thanks

Dave

Message edited by author 2008-02-16 14:05:25.

amathiasphoto

Nikon D300

02/16/2008 02:17:02 PM · #2

The photos never actually loaded for me! I gave it the time that most consumers probably would (and then some) and nothing came up- for that reason alone, I see need for a change.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

02/16/2008 02:20:36 PM · #3

on the top left there is a menu item that says Kismet Dance that expands to 2 sub galleries
Try opening one of those

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

02/16/2008 02:21:11 PM · #4

It just sits there, nothing loads. Very bad for business.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

02/16/2008 02:22:15 PM · #5

Is there anything in the gallery called 'PhotoGallery'? If not then it shouldn't be there.

For the other galleries, the first picture had to actually be selected before anything would show even though the band of thumbnails shows at the bottom of the screen.

Before I realized that I just thought it was really slow.

indianzfan

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

02/16/2008 02:22:28 PM · #6

The photos were not loading very quickly. I have broadband. That's not the issue.

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

02/16/2008 02:24:23 PM · #7

Clicking the links did bring up your galleries, but honestly, if I stumbled into a site like this, I'd leave. I detest web pages that try to act like fancy applications. Too distracting, unpredictable, and just not fun to browse. No offense intended, just offering honest feedback.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

02/16/2008 02:28:26 PM · #8

And that is exactly what I need honest feedback ...
This gallery is not linked from my current site at this time ... I am just kinda testing it out ...
I do really like the ordering system with it but I am not sure I like the flow.

Coppermine is old and not really all that workflow friendly but it is easy for the customers ...

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

02/16/2008 02:29:04 PM · #9

I have dial up. . ..

First 20 seconds or so, nothing
Then the little count up bar or whatever it is called

Then, some stuff (two links on the left, a box on the right, some "buttons" at the bottom appeared)

Clicked the two links (photo gallery, kismet) nothing happened

Clicked "view gallery" -- nothing for 5 or 10 seconds, then the little progress bar, again, while thumb boxes starting loading across the bottom. After three or four minutes, I had to move on. :/

Would it be possible to have some text or *something* to look at while the images load?