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I like the part where it says that a classified ad showing the entire photo of the product being advertised is "wrong", and the version that crops the image and
by teraflop 5y ago
I like the part where it says that a classified ad showing the entire photo of the product being advertised is "wrong", and the version that crops the image and hides meaningful content is better because it has a "correct aspect ratio".
That's when I decided to quit, because I really don't care about this person's opinion of what kind of design is "correct".
- duckmysick 5y agoThe entire scaled down photo also hides meaningful content since I can't see the details. Either way, it looks like a part of a grid with multiple product cards. The full photo would be on the product detail page.
- ehnto 5y agoYou can't see the details if they're cropped out, either. You would hope for a way to see the full and correct image in either case.
- duckmysick 5y agoYes, the full and correct image would be on the full product page. The cropped image is fine on a multiple product listing (for example search results) where users quickly scan for interesting products.
- dalmo3 5y agoIIRC none of the images showed the whole guitar. Both were cropped, but one was consistent with the card layout. I agree with the test authors on that one.
- red_trumpet 5y agoI also agree that the more cropped version looks better. However I'm not sure it's a matter of "aspect ratio", since both images have the same aspect ratio, just zoomed differently.
- pvorb 5y agoI think the widget that was used is simply a really bad choice for selling anything. The obviosly correct solution would be to show the full image next to the textual description including price or maybe text as a subtitle, if there are multiple columns. This kind of widget might be nice for sliding through things that are represented by some abstract image where details don't matter. But when buying a product, I want to see the whole thing, ideally from multiple perspectives.
- wruza 5y agoYep, neither of two is okay. If you sell guitars, make cards horizontal [1x3photo 7x3info] boxes, or figure out a good vertical arrangement. Test authors were picky on details, but missed an elephant in a scope.
- oceliker 5y agoI think that image is from Facebook Marketplace where you can sell anything, not just guitars.