Greetings everyone!

As the Multimedia team finishes up this cycle of Media Viewer development,

we'd appreciate your feedback on some of its final features, such as the

proposed link to Media Viewer from Commons file description pages.

Currently, viewing media on Commons either shows an image standardized on

the file description page, or you can click on the image to view it in full

resolution. Offering a link to open the file using Media Viewer will allow

for a richer media experience, as the viewing size is increased, while

still providing useful information, as well as prominent tools for file

sharing and reuse.

We propose a "View expanded" link below the image on Commons pages (see

mockup thumbnail to the right). This will enable users to open the image in

Media Viewer, without making it the standard viewer for file pages.

Additionally, if the user clicks "share this file" and it opens in Media

Viewer and then the user exits out, they cannot return to Media Viewer

without such a link.

You can find more information and comments from the designers on the Mingle

card #199[1] and you can view this mockup[2] of what the button will look

like below the file.

Thank you for your time and your feedback, please leave it on the "About

Media Viewer" talk page[3].

1. < https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/199 >

2. < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Media_viewer_access_from_Commons_design_as_a_button.png >

3. < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer#Link_to_Media_Viewer_on_Commons >

Keegan Peterzell