Danbooru

Short comics?

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I think that goes back to what I brought up in forum #85247. I still stand by my opinion in that, and I disagree with those that think sequences of only 3-4 images should also made into pools (at least under the current system for pools).

Just an idea, but perhaps if there were nameless pools. Those that don't appear on the default list of "named" pools (but still on a not defaultly shown full/all list of pools for like moderating and similar) that could be used for these types of sequences/comics (probably with a size limit as well, since those that are large should be named imo). If there needs to be a name in the pool bar these pools could just use an automatically generated name of like "nameless pool starting with post #<id>" or something like that.

At minimum such small sets of images should be linked together. Normally it's been done using parent/child relationships and in some cases through comments. Personally under the current setup I'd say use a combination of parent/child for linking them to the first page and then comments with links for ordering if nothing else. Though really, I'd rather we have an alternative to that as well, and I do not believe normal current pools is that answer.

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NWF_Renim said:

Just an idea, but perhaps if there were nameless pools.

It looks like Albert had a similar idea to that quite a long time ago. See this TODO file.

Specifically this part:

  • Replace parent/child relationships with anonymous pools. Each post would have a related posts field. This would drive the creation of an anonymous pool.

I do think that it sounds better than the alternatives proposed for short comic sequences so far.

just an idea, how about posting a comment and setting links to the prev and next pages just like the pool navigation bar? like (pages 1 to 4):

START (1/4) Next>>
<<Prev (2/4) Next>>
<<Prev (3/4) Next>>
<<Prev (4/4) END

i saw some users are actually doing this but i can't find an example atm.

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@Toks: yes, something like that. but what i initially saw before were from much older posts though. and the only disadvantage i can see of comments is when a couple or more users posted comments first than the uploader which will make the navigation pushed farther down. or when people down voted it or set a pretty high threshold, both highly unlikely. but while waiting for the anonymous pool, i think this is the nearest option we got so far.

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ghostrigger said:

just an idea, how about posting a comment and setting links to the prev and next pages just like the pool navigation bar? like (pages 1 to 4):

START (1/4) Next>>
<<Prev (2/4) Next>>
<<Prev (3/4) Next>>
<<Prev (4/4) END

i saw some users are actually doing this but i can't find an example atm.

You mean like Kikimaru's comment on post #1358487, correct? I suggested the same thing the last time we had this discussion (in forum #85247), but it seems no one else thought it was a good idea, because comments aren't reliable.

Kikimaru said:

AND probably doesn't work for users who use only the Danbooru or Hijiribe domains.

It does work if you know how to format it. Instead of using the link text as: post #1358488
You should use this: /post/show/1358488/
That creates a local link that will lead to the proper page without bringing you to a different server.

I wish more people knew about this format, but I see a lot of people using links with the domain name included.

But as far as being a hassle for the uploader, that is true. Albert/NWF Renim's suggestion seems preferable to me now compared to comment paginators.

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