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%3E 2. < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Media_viewer_access_from_Commons_des... 3. < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer#Link_to_Me...