Check it out on ajc.com

By terrie

March 3, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

I like it so much better! Good Job.

By red

March 3, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

I’m going to miss the option of having it auto-play but I won’t miss the ads.

By Justin

March 3, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

This is great! I love it.

By Roger Salz

March 3, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

The new gallery is a great improvement; although the slide show feature on the old one will be missed!

By DKNATL

March 3, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

I like the new layout of the viewing page, but I don’t like the momentary return to the slide view page before going to the next picture.

If I select a push button that indicates “next in series”, then I want to see the next pic in the series.

By Kathy

March 3, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

I like the galleries but it needs link back to main sports page.

By Carri

March 3, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

I don’t like the way it keeps going back to show the sequence of photos. It seems slower than the way it used to be. I always check out the photos and enjoy them very much, but I’m not crazy about the new format.

By DavidT

March 3, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this

I love em! Would you consider adding a small ‘next’ to the top right arrow on the main photo? There could be confusion as to what the arrows mean, thanks!

By NoLimit

March 3, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

The preview of the pics is cool, but you cannot see the picture and the caption in the same frame. You have to scroll down to see the whole picture and then the caption at the bottom.

By Chris

March 3, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this

They look great!

By john

March 3, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

design is great except for one detail: the gallery needs a link to return the user to the previous non-gallery page - otherwise, users will have to navigate from scratch at ajc.com

By adon

March 3, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this

I am not fond of it at all:-(

By Steve

March 3, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

Well, you hvae messed it up again…the link in photo gallery gets stuck…photo gallery does not load properly, it does not bring additional photos up fast enough and most of the time gets hung up when loading…after viewing photos there is not an easy to return to the location you were before viewing photos, back button gets stuck because you have not told it where to go…yo still have a lot of work to make this easy and usere friendly…please fix it ASAP

By Matt B.

March 3, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this

I would LOVE to have your photos available for a download in Hi-Res versions. I cannot stress enough how I wish I could have downloaded Hi-Res versions of some of your spectacular shots from the past year.

Please make this available in the near future. Thanks.

By Bob

March 3, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this

Wow…much much better (and I’ve been reading your site for a loooonggg time)

By ajc_reader

March 3, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this

I big improvement! I like!

By MCHSMOM

March 3, 2008 8:59 PM | Link to this

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! I love it this way 10x better! Kudos to AJC!!!

Thanks! Go LADY HAWKS!!!!

By MCHSMOM

March 3, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this

much better!

GO LADY HAWKS!!!

By 4NCsAnd Counting

March 3, 2008 9:28 PM | Link to this

Well, first of all it doesn’t work. You can tell the pathetic AUC is infested with Dawg crap with captions like this where you continue to embarrass yourselves:

Are your ready for some football!?

Nice education flea bags!!

By G Money

March 3, 2008 9:33 PM | Link to this

I don’t mind as long as you continue to have 15 or more photographs of the home. Seeing the couple is requisite, but I’m really trying to get a sense of the home: it’s architecture, the rooms and decor, as well as some of the things that have been done to personalize it. PLEASE DON’T CUT THE PHOTOS SHORT!!

By TF

March 3, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this

I love the new design. Thanks for making my favorite section of the AJC more convenient for me. However, it is moving kind of slow. I’ve lost my patience with it.

By Matt B.

March 3, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this

I would LOVE for you to make your photo galleries available in Hi-Res format. Some of your beautiful pictures would look wonderful on my hi-def desktop. Please consider this for implementation soon. Thanks.

By news junkie

March 4, 2008 4:22 AM | Link to this

I like it alot. No more ads? Do you really count each picture viewed as a “hit”? Angela Tuck had written about that some months back when describing your web readers. The more pics, the more “hits” and the more advertising money? Really, I don’t just go to it for the pictures!!

By Mary Helen Ramming

March 4, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this

Comment on your new gallery - it doesn’t work in Firefox on a Mac.

By news junkie

March 4, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

I like the new format. I recall Angela Tuck writing that each photo viewed counts as a “hit” on the site. The more views, the more hits and the more advertising revenue. But really, I log-on for the articles!

By Gwenola

March 4, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

I thought my computer was acting up again, but then I realized I can now see all of the pictures and just click; I like.

By Jesse's Girl

March 4, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

This is better? Nearly everytime you all “improve” a feature, it ends up worse off. All I see is the initial pic. It does not show the others. This is the case when I try to view the pics from work as well; so I know my computers are not the issue. Please stop messing with the features that actually work….please.

By John

March 4, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

it is definitely an improvement, but it failed to load for me several times. some bugs still need to be worked out, but its an improvement. how about an iPhone version now too.

By Greg from Marietta

March 4, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

Great layout, easy to follow. Everything is in plain view. It is extremely user friendly. Good job on the new design!!

By kimmer

March 4, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

Hate it. It is difficult to get back to the homepage on some galleries.

By wanda brown

March 4, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

As always, this newspaper does a fabulous job. I so enjoy the new photo galleries. Thanks so much.

By bball friend

March 4, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

The galleries are great but not easy to get to. You need a simple link that’s easy to find on the main high school page.

By k. jefferson

March 4, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

I like the new look. don’t the fact that I can no longer hit the ‘back’ button and be back to the main page. O that the photo’s don’t come up in its own window.

By Koz

March 4, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Ehh - I Like it but I liked being able to hit the back button once to get back to what I was reading. Now I have to go back several times or just retype your homepage URL and navigate back to where I was. If you fix that it’ll be great.

By gay foster

March 4, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

I don’t like it. Iwoyld rather have the option of auto play, or one by one.

By G Jones

March 4, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this

Gallery format is better.

But it would be better still if photos and captions would be read without scrolling. That would help the slideshow effect.

Photos could be larger. Your format spends a lot of space on navagation scheme. Most Web-savvy folks can figure out how to get back to where they were.

News organizations should remember that accurate, powerful information is what views/readers want to see … NOT your logo or overlay of marketing collaterals. We already know what page we clicked on.

By bnun

March 4, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

Much better. This actually works in Firefox.

By JustDonin Ga.

March 4, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

First Timer… Great pics, but you should fix the slide return to the layout. Thanks,

By arco

March 4, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

it is better, but after you go through all the pictures and hit the back button to go back to the main page. The window does not respond. Please fix.

thx

By NE fan for life

March 4, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

Just like another reader. As long as you continue to show a lot of pictures of the homes, I will be happy. However, I am not a real fan of the new format. I am not a picky person, but the wait between pictures gets on my nerves.

By sooz

March 4, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Don’t like it…pic and description do not fit on one screen. You cannot navigate back to ajc.com when you are finished with the gallery.

By David Tulis

March 4, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this

Thanks to all of you for commenting on the Photo Gallery upgrades at ajc.com. I’m the internet photo manager and wanted to repond to some of your questions and suggestions.

Several of you mentioned the distraction when the small ‘thumbnails’ appear briefly in the big viewing box as the next photo loads—we’re working on that. And we had some server glitches Monday night that resulted in pages loading slow and a few bad links. Keep checking back to our photo page.

By Charlotte

March 4, 2008 7:36 PM | Link to this

Don’t like it!!! Won’t let you return to previous screen - which is so annoying!! Liked the old way much better. What was wrong with it? Why fixit if it’s not broken??

By Scott Baker

March 4, 2008 8:37 PM | Link to this

Yes, as David said above, thanks. As online design manager I wanted to make sure we launched with a post about the galleries to get some feedback from you all. Hearing your thoughts has been very helpful. Many of the issues you mentioned are things we are working on already but some were not. As we roll out future versions of photo galleries (as well as other sections) we want to hear what you think so that we can design and build a better viewing experience.

By david

March 4, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this

freakin awesome

By queenie

March 5, 2008 3:16 AM | Link to this

I personally love the new layout. The context of the pictures seem to have a better quality and if I want to look at additonal photos afterward, I can see my options instantly without have to navigate away from the main page.

By shelly

March 5, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

Takes too long to load and run all the pictures. Today is Wednesday and they are still loading slowly. The whole process takes longer.

By denis anderson

March 5, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

The best of the best of the ATL>>>>>thanx.

By MidtownAtlanta

March 5, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

I think that the old design was fine, just hated the ads. As for the content, some of these homes are horrible!! But I guess it’s more a gallery of diversity of decorating as opposed to good decorating. The best house ever in Private Quarters was Pete Mounts house!

By dawn

March 5, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

The pictures seem to take longer to load then before. I like not having the ads

By MidtownAtlanta

March 5, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

I liked the other design better, except for the ads. It was much easier to navigate and jump back to the previous page without having to start all over again at ajc.com. As for the content, please post better decorated and designed homes, condos and lofts. Enough of the Kountry Kitchen (yes, no misspellings), fake flowers, craft show stuff, etc. It should be an example of good decorating design! The best of Private Quarters was Pete Mounts house, http://lpe.ajc.com/gallery/view/living/0307/infill030807

By lee ann

March 5, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this

I like the new layout but wish there was a back option or way to click on ajc.com to go back to the front page.

By dmitch

March 5, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

This is one of my favorite places to look at every morning. I really enjoy the new look.

By Cammi317

March 5, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

Much Better!!!!!

By ?

March 5, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

Is the EMAIL option not working??

By Barbara

March 5, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

The overall pic size is smaller so I miss that feature from the last layout. Can you expand the size of the photos?

By Erik

March 5, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

10,000 Percent better. Clearer faster loading pictures.

Would like bigger pictures.

By Maggie

March 5, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this

I don’t care for it. It takes too long to load and it doesn’t seem necessary to go back to the small pictures everytime. New and improved is not always improved.

By jazz

March 5, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this

NOT FEELING IT AT ALL

By Jason Gilstrap

March 5, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

Thanks to all of you who have submitted comments so far. We’re taking each comment into consideration as we continue to improve the galleries.

Several of you have noted problems returning to the previous page after entering a gallery. We have now corrected a problem which prevented the browser back button from working as expected.

By Tracy

March 5, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

I do not like the new look. Please bring back the old. I do not see this as an improvement.

By robert

March 5, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

this looks great

By Steve

March 5, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this

Do not like the way it always goes back to the gallery when you select the arrow to proceed to the next pic…also, we still can not use back to return us to the location where we were when we selected the photo icon….it still gets stuck…fix it!!!

By JustAThought

March 5, 2008 6:49 PM | Link to this

Why comment, you’ve made the change, so now live with it!

By JM

March 6, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

Terrible. Its constantly getting hung up. Once you finish the gallery, the back button no longer takes you back to the original page you were viewing. Its slow when loading the next picture. Come on guys, get it together…If it is not broke, THEN DON”T FIX IT!!!!

By Roz

March 6, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

I love the new look. Great Job!!!

By Jim

March 6, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

it looks better but is slower and does not go back to the ajc homepage like the former version. I’d rather have faster and easier to move around.

By Franklin

March 6, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

don’t like it at all…

By jody

March 6, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

The new look is nice, but does not display well on a laptop. I keep having to scroll up and down to see the picture AND the caption, which can be annoying at time.

By dcuebas

March 6, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

So far, I like the new layout. I usually browse images at my own pace, so the slide show “auto play” feature is no loss. Plus, I don’t have to click thru any ads to see the pics. That was so annoying. Please keep it that way!

Since you’re not using shockwave to display the images, it seems like the image quality is better, too. Others have commented on the new layout being slow. It runs fine for me.

By mary

March 6, 2008 9:11 PM | Link to this

I don’t like it.

By Chaka John

March 6, 2008 9:33 PM | Link to this

Looks great - but Kinda quirky the way it grows and shrinks with each image. The frame needs to remain the same size as the photos transition smoothly. It’s quite a distraction. Also - when you click on sports - it shouldn’t go to everything under the sun. Good gosh, it’s “Content Hell !” Help us out here. We ain’t got all night to go drillin’ through all this stuff. It should be categorized, especially the local content, baseball, football etc. Now go to work and get this straighten out ! Thanks

By Johnny Warren

March 7, 2008 2:17 AM | Link to this

I think its great. Please add auto play, if you can?

By Steph

March 7, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

(Sigh)…ummm..Okay..You know, I was trying to be patient and open-minded, so the new gallery ehancement was fine at first. However, the truth of the matter is the pictures firt appear low resolution and distorted then transition to high-resolution (or something weird like that), the expanding thumbnail thing is annoying, and worst of all, it’s slow! Beyond these things, why the heck is getting back to the homepage like going through a darn labyrinth?!!! Please fix this freezing, blurry, annoying thing! The AJC is one of my favorite online sites that I visit more than 20x a day and your galleries I most enjoy—please make them enjoyable again. Thanks!

By Pauline

March 7, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

The photos are smaller and slower to come up because of having to go back to the menu page after every photo. I’ll miss the previous version a lot.

By Kitty

March 7, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

It would be nice if the photos would actually come up so that I could comment on whether this new format is better or not. I have not had any luck viewing ANY of the album covers this morning …

By Rob

March 7, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

My screen resolution is at 1024 x 768 and just a bit of the bottom of the picture is getting cut off. Enough where I feel like I need to scroll down - on every new picture - to see the whole thing. So, I guess can the pictures be made just a bit smaller to prevent this?

By martha

March 7, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

loe it — very classy

By Mark

March 7, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

Photos do not advance past the first one, never had a problem before, but does not work with Safari/Mac.

By Wooleybare

March 7, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

Miss the full page view of the image, with the page around the image being filled with MORE advertisements…guess that was the idea, huh. slow to load too. if u can figure out a way for full page view AND a well of thumbnails, now that would be great…

By MW

March 7, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

Excellent!!!

By Lana

March 7, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

I very much dislike the new format! It takes too long of a pause between showing the next photos. It was a lot faster the old way. If you can figure out a way to make it faster then great! If not, I say go back to the old gallery. It’s very frustrating and just makes me want to stop looking at the pictures.

By Critic

March 7, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

No sir, I don’t like it.

By spike

March 7, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

I love the changes.

By ak

March 7, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

I don’t like it too much- it’s too slow for me

By Sharon McSpadden

March 7, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

I don’t like it at all - slower and I miss the slideshow option!!!! Please go back to the old way.

By Rose

March 7, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now can you make it proceed to the next picture without displaying all thumbnails? Make this an option instead.

By Larry

March 7, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Good idea, but I clicked on a link to sports talk radio gallery, but was sent to a dog review, with no way to see the link I was looking for. I like the library of galleries to view but the old way of how the pics were viewed.

Thanks

By linaka

March 7, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

i like it very much. good job!

By BEE ATCH

March 7, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

OUTSTANDING!!!!! MAKE IT LARGER. BIG IS GOOD. BIGGER IS BETTER. OMIT THE $%#@ TO THE RIGHT.

By Marcus

March 8, 2008 8:16 AM | Link to this

Much better!

By BMT

March 8, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

I like the new layout, but hiring an editor may have been time better spent. Reading the photo descriptions in the Tides of March gallery was painful.

Photo 5: This view is looks north past the lake.

Photo 8: The lake at 45 percent capacity for easily accessible drinking water as it continues to battle the effects of a record Southern drought. What?

This photo looks to the southeast showing islands now connected by expanding fingers of shoreline. Shouldn’t there be a comma in here somewhere?

Photo 9: This photo of Laniers looks to the northeast. How many Laniers are we looking at?

By Bea

March 8, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

It seems to me that when you use the NEXT button, the entire screen refreshes, with the individual photos and then the “next” photo. The old interface just gave you the next photo. I like the old interface better, though the photos now seem bigger - and that’s good.

By Bad reporting

March 8, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

Renee Hannans Henry did an awful job on reporting what happened at the board meeting in Clayton county. I was there and the preacher did not resign during the meeting. He did it hours before. Also, her words and typos detract from the pictures. She’s saying that the parents are all cheering and there’s only one lady standing up and the rest aren’t even clapping? It looks like a rush job or her going by what she read happened. Other than that, on the format, I’ll miss the automatic play and the large photos but not the ads.

By dougmo

March 8, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

Where is Hotel California

By Odum

March 8, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

Love the new look. What a nice UPGRADE.

By Big Juicy

March 8, 2008 8:46 PM | Link to this

I likes! More inutitive than the previous setup with its similarity to CNN.com, USAtoday and others in it’s funtionality. Like the little “gallery summary” of photos at the bottom of the page. Cool!

By rbp

March 8, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

I’ve often pointed to the old design as the way photo galleries SHOULD work. Didn’t like the new design at first, but it’s growing on me. I do like the categories of galleries at the top. Easy to find other pics. Have always liked BACK going back to the story not the previous pic. Glad you fixed that before I noticed it. As for other browsers, I’ve had less trouble on Opera with this version than the previous.

Overall, I think you’ve done well.

And while I’m here, love the google maps on the Auburn stories. Don’t live in ATL anymore, and that helps with a point of reference.

By Joe

March 9, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

LOVE IT !! I love that you can browse the gallery in the same browser, hit the back button, which takes you back to the main page immediately. Great Job to the team who worked that out !

By OB Y'ALL

March 9, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

Thanks! We all like innovations and welcome them very much!

By JJ

March 9, 2008 7:52 PM | Link to this

I enjoyed looking thru the photos, and not having to back space one at a time when finished. Just clicking on back space “Once” and having it return me to the headlines is wonderful!!!

Thanks So Much!!

By Jeff

March 10, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

I kinda liked the old ‘pop up’ layout, and the ads were easy to just skip through.

That said, I also like the layout now. I did not experience any problems with it, and it looks more like most photography sites I’ve been to. (Note that since my wife thoroughly enjoys photography - she even has her own side business doing it - I’ve been to a few photography sites.)

BTW: Primary pics I view are the ‘Weekend Away’… GREAT user submitted shots (most of the time), and gives me plenty of ideas. Also makes me even more impatient to go on my next cruise!

By ANNOYED

March 10, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

I HATE IT. THE ONLY THING GOOD ABOUT IT IS THE FACT THAT THE PICTURES ARE BIGGER. OTHER THAN THAT, ITS A PAIN TO HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE CAPTION THEN BACK UP TO REMIND YOURSELF OF WHAT YOU JUST READ ABOUT! I HATE NOT HAVING THE AUTO PLAY AND BEING ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE HOME PAGE WITH JUST ONE CLICK.

DO US ALL A FAVOR AND GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD!!

TAKE THE SIZE DOWN A NOTCH SO THE CAPTION CAN FIT IN THE SAME SCREEN AS THE PICTURE AND LOSE PICTURE PREVIEWS AT THE BOTTOM!!!

By David Harrison

March 10, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

Excellent resource! Thank you!

By Jennifer

March 10, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this

I hate it. The two times I’ve tried it, including 2 minutes ago, it hasn’t worked. This is so slow and cumbersome.

By FedUp

March 11, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this

I can’t get the pics to advance with the arrows. I have to click on the thumbnails to show the pics. Go back to the old format. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”

By StepbyStep

March 11, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

It is too slow. I do not like it.

By Suzanne Hutto

March 11, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

Re: Appling Girl Emersed in World of Dr. Seuss

How did this get past your spellcheck system or editor? The word is “immersed”. It’s what we do when we baptize someone; we immerse them. “Emersed” is an adjective, not a verb. While it does refer to something standing out or rising above, the construction you have employed is ungrammatical.

I thought English and journalism majors got jobs at newspapers! If hat is, indeed, still the case, things are in a sorry state.

By forl

March 11, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

too slow …

By Duuna

March 11, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this

Please change it back..

By Bubba

March 11, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this

Does not work on my mac, all gibberish

By HM70

March 12, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

Very slow, aggravating to use.

By mike

March 12, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Its too slow when trying to get all the pics to show up. But I like the fact of seeing the pics listed below the main screen shot. That way you can pick and choose which photos to view.

By gladys

March 12, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

I prefer the old format, would rather have auto-replay thanks

By Jenn

March 12, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

I don’t like the way it flashes the thumbnails when using the next arrows to move from picture to picture.

I also preferred the pop-up window with the gallery, so that when the pictures were done, I could just close that window and go right back to the page I was navigating, instead of having to back thru multiple photos, or go back to the main page and start over.

By co

March 12, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

Need a way to return to the story or AJC homepage vs. being stuck in the gallery.

By cjen

March 12, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

Sorry, I’ve tried and don’t like it. I like to be able to click straight through. With this format you have to click, scroll down to read the story about the picture, scroll back up to click. I like change but not this one.

By Linda

March 12, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

Hate it. Slow …

By Angie

March 13, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this

I love it. You did a great job!!! Keep up the good work and still work on new ideas as well!!!!

By Denise

March 13, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

Don’t like having to scroll to see the caption on each pic.

By paul

March 13, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

Much better in functionality!! The last layout took too long to load and would sometimes freeze on my computer

By drobinson

March 13, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

I don’t like the fact that you can’t read the comments and look at the photo at the same time—it’s too much up and down. I think I liked the old one better …

By Toni

March 13, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

It’s alright!!! I like the old way, but change is inevitable.

By Carri

March 13, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

I’m REALLY TIRED of having to scroll up and down to see the entire picture and/or read the comments!!! I want the old system back. I don’t like this at all! This is very annoying! BRING BACK THE OLD SYSTEM!!!

By Rich

March 13, 2008 9:31 PM | Link to this

Much, much better. I did NOT like the earlier Flash player. Much better control.

By Wm. Flake Joiner

March 13, 2008 9:40 PM | Link to this

The new format requires too much scrolling up and down.

By A.S.

March 13, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this

I love the new layout!

BUT it needs the AUTOPLAY feature

away with the AD’s! woo

By Derrick

March 14, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

I like the new format as it is much more user friendly…now if we could just get rid of the full page ads on the home page….

By Matt

March 14, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

I don’t like it. The text and the pic does not fit on the screen at the same time. It takes too long for the picture to come up while the text is there. Please make the necessary adjustments.

By Larry

March 14, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

I could not get the picture to advance beyond the first picture in many of the galleries.

By D

March 14, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this

On your photos for best hooker songs, you could have used hall & oates, spinal tap or louis prima. As always, you are sending the wrong message showing three black women under your title “Hooker Songs”. Don’t flip the script. I disagree with your selection.

By MT

March 14, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

Better! Wonderful!

By C.M. Thornton, III

March 14, 2008 10:09 PM | Link to this

I hate the new format. I liked when the photos popped up in a new window. When you were done you simply closed it. The way it is now you have to click on ajc to take you back to the home page. Hitting the browser back button takes you back through the pictures.

By Elaine

March 15, 2008 12:14 AM | Link to this

I don’t like the new lay out at all. I don’t like how you have to get to the next picture, and scrolling up to read the caption. I read some comments stating it was great, I strongly disagree. I am a daily reader of the AJC. NO MORE SURPRISES PLEASE.

By Sheri

March 15, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

I liked the old format better! You can’t read the text without scrolling down. I don’t want to see the gallery of pics in between each selection…it’s too busy.This is NOT an improvement! Please go back to the old way.

By Angus

March 15, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Not a big fan of it, it is slow to load and sometimes forgets there are more pictures…keep it simple, just need to see the pics don’t need the pictures to be so good I want to hang them on my wall!! Go Dawgs

By Ronnie

March 15, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

Either the links were not working on 03/15/08(after the storm downtown) or there was only one picture in the gallery - but it was not very impressive.

By Montyro

March 15, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

Not practical , confusing with 8 seconds of being browsing that is the time you have to caught my atention . And you loose me . When some other place to see pictures of the storm from last night . Too much distraction instead focusing on the issue .

By Eddy

March 15, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

Too slow , not too happy

By Pete

March 15, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Don’t you think the comments should be on the top instead at the button ? In order by day ? Instead the opposite .

By Deb Miller

March 15, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

I am not a fan. It is slower, smaller and not very reliable at this point. Not an improvement. I have to scroll down to read the print .. put it on top at least.

By Scott

March 15, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

The gallery doesn’t even work!!!!

By CG

March 15, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

This new format looks great but the functionality is horrendous its way slower than it used to be, and the autoplay is gone. This SUCKS!!!

By lisa

March 15, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

Concept=good. But…. I’m on Bell South DSL Ultra… and these take way too long to load. They might be fine on cable modem,but for me its too slow. Kind of annoying. I love the photo gallery, but this download speed will keep me from using them as much.

By John C. Nurbs

March 15, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

The gallery appears to be totally non-functional without Javascript enabled. I’m not sure why you need to be able to execute code on my computer just to display some photos.

-JC

By Barbe

March 15, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

Bouncing back to the thumbnails after viewing each photo makes moving to the next photo take too long. I’m all for improvements, but I’m not sure this IS one.

By PPP

March 15, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

Don’t like it … slow. Unable to open photo gallery 1 … said page does not exist!

By bilwhit

March 15, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this

I sure don’t like it. When I click on the forward arrow, the screen doesn’t change. I can’t see anything but the first picture.

By sandy

March 15, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this

I don’t like the way you return to the screen with all of the pictures every time you advance to the next photo.

By GaLiberal

March 15, 2008 9:44 PM | Link to this

Your photo galleries stink. You keep printing the same pictures over and over and over. Just look at the photos of the downtown area. Photos of the brick building that collapsed was printed at least 6 times. Others were the same photo just from a different angle. Pick one. What a waste. Just like the AJC.

By Mario from FP

March 15, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this

Much improved design!

By li

March 15, 2008 11:03 PM | Link to this

too slow consider slide show feature

By LINDA CLAIRE

March 15, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this

First we download the thumnails. Then we download the picture. It might be my internet connection, but the whole thing takes a lot longer then the old version. Can’t really see the tumbnails.

By Robert Bowman

March 16, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

It’s great as long as you get the ads out of it. Easy to use

By Susan

March 16, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this

As usual the AJC delivers and this is very evident in the new photo galleries. The photos are vivid despite the resolution one may have set on their computer. Keep up the good work!

By Derek

March 16, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

I like this photo gallery much better than the old one …

I do Not miss the Wolf Camera advertisments …

Besides, I like Showcase better as a photo-store … .

By CATHOLIC CHURCH'S ANYONE?

March 16, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

Miss the full page view of the image, with the page around the image being filled with MORE advertisements…guess that was the idea, huh. slow to load too. if u can figure out a way for full page view AND a well of thumbnails, now that would be great

By David Stern

March 17, 2008 4:57 AM | Link to this

Looks great!! Now add the Hawks and Thrashers vents, and we’re in business!! :)

By Pam

March 17, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

Although I am glad to see the ads go, it seems much slower. This layout is better, but the slower rate is very irritating!

By Jay

March 17, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

I HATE the new gallery. Too much scrolling! It’s impossible to go to the next picture without scrolling. Maddening!! Please put navigational elements above the images so they can be accessed more easily!

By AJ

March 17, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

I don’t like the slowness. I don’t like that it keeps going back to the thumbnails. Please correct that and it will be perfect. Thanks!!!!

By sherit

March 17, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

not crazy about the new view. It seems slower than the old way.

By 14u2thinkabout

March 17, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this

The quality of the photos are great. However, the captions do not appear until you scroll down. I don’t know if the pictures are too large to have the caption appear with the photos or what. Is it necessary to show the entire gallery between each photo?

By Stephanie

March 17, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

Much better! Thanks.

By Rudy

March 17, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this

I like it! Click on a thumbnail and it pops right up above. (and no ads …thats GREAT!)

By MJF

March 17, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this

Not crazy about the new format. It’s MUCH slower, and I don’t like having to scroll down for each picture. The previous format seemed more efficient.

By Norma (in Pa.)

March 17, 2008 11:10 PM | Link to this

PLEASE!! RETURN TO THE OLD FORMAT!!! :( hate this! slower, slower!! can’t get these pics on my IMAC….lots of computerEZE language goin’ on!!

By Bradley

March 18, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

I don’t like the new format. They are slower to access.

By Andrea

March 18, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this

I don’t like it at all. It is way too slow and don’t like how it flips back to an index of all the pics. It would be nice if it just advanced on to the next photo.

By Donna

March 18, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

too slow…don’t like the way it keeps going back instead of forward.

By AA

March 18, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

Don’t like it, when I click on the forward arrow, it gives me the same picture. Unable to see any of the other pictures.

By Zip

March 18, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

Well, I don’t like it at all.

The picture load slow and the bottom portion flashes to the top as the next picture loads. Please go back to the other version.

By Kevin Maner

March 18, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

Terrible. Go back to the old format. It was much quicker and easier to use and it didn’t flash from each picture to the thumbnails and back again between each picture.

This new format is a BIG STEP BACKWARDS.

By lisa

March 19, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this

I am so sick over this crap! Granted murders happen every day; nothing new but this just breaks my heart. They snuffed out her life and didn’t lose any sleep over it. That’s what is scary; no conscience.

By Cathy

March 19, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this

I continue to see lots of random code in the pages and it doesn’t display well at all on my mac.

By martha

March 19, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

I have to use the scroll bar to read the text below the picture. We need it all on one screen. Thanks.

By loumar

March 20, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

Way too slow between slides!

By Peggy

March 20, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

This works better on my computer. The “peeps” collection is delightful!

By PRISCILLA DINATALE

March 20, 2008 6:09 PM | Link to this

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPTION I LOVE IT.

By Bagman

March 20, 2008 9:05 PM | Link to this

I like it for the most part. I do not like the fact that the window where the picture diplays collapses all the way for each new picture and then expands back as the picture is drawn. Drives me crazy with the text and thumbnails jumping up and down!!!

By Gandalf, the Grey

March 21, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

slow cludgy design.

By julie allaben

March 21, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

I moved from Duluth 7 years aga after living there for 30 years and raising a family. It was truly fun to look at all the pictures from the Atlanta area. Makes me a little homesick. Gallery is great!

By Honey

March 22, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

I don’t like the new gallery. The pictures do not display when you click the forward or back arrows. How do you get to see the other pictures? I use to enjoy the photo gallery but have become frustrated because I can’t see the other photos and have just about given up on trying to look at the photo gallery. I liked the auto play in the previous gallery over this new approach.

By TL

March 22, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this

I love the new gallery design… if you could only find someone to proofread your cutlines, then you’d be all set! Rite now there seams like awl ur gallereez r expirincing sever(e) grahammir problims.

By ClubDog

March 22, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this

Hate it! The preview of the pics is cool, but you cannot see the picture and the caption in the same frame. You have to scroll down to see the whole picture and then the caption at the bottom.

By ruby

March 23, 2008 12:06 AM | Link to this

Your new photo gallery is not worth the time it tool you to try to make it better. It is a pain in the neck having to back and forth in order to see the photo and the the caption at the same time. PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING FIXING THE PROBLEM.

By Dee

March 23, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

I don’t like the new photo format. I have a large monitor but half the time I have to move the photo up so I can read the entire description at the bottom.

By Kim

March 23, 2008 7:06 PM | Link to this

This is so much easier to use! Loads more quickly and very easy to find what you’re looking for. Love having the thumbnails, too.

By Keisha

March 24, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

Love the new design, and the thumbnails that allow you to skip over pictures. However, can you move the caption back to the side of the picture. Unless your window is fully expanded, you have to scroll down to read the captions.

By QweenB

March 25, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this

Thank you for the change. It is a much needed improvement. I also like that we don’t have to be interrupted by the ads!

By Kim

March 25, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

I don’t like. The pictures are too large and they are distorted!

By Cranberry

March 26, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

How about a ‘Back to the Story’ link? I stepped through pictures associated with an article, and now I have to hit ‘Back’ sixty-seven-hundred times to get back to my article and finish reading it???

By Jim

March 26, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

Did some idiot in the AJC let a first grader come up with the captions for the ex Braves?

By sue

March 27, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

I agree with Cranberry. You need to add a link to the main page.