Some hate pop-up windows but they can be useful for certain things. Specifically for screenshots. To make it even more friendly, a checkbox in the "my profile" section for whether you prefer screenshots to come up in a pop-up window or in the same page as the main site would be lovely.
Beyond that however, it would be good if the screenshot page in the main window at least had "next" and "previous" links where appropriate.
I agree with this, I think at least five or six screenshots per game would drastically improve this site. I know it might up the bandwidth, but it's still pretty essential.
Well, we try to have 4-6 screenshots per game.
Personally, I'm agnostic as to whether they should be pop-ups or not--is there any strong consensus on that?
Paul, there are multiple screenshots per game - if you click the game title (above and to the right of the screenshot) while looking at the primary screenshot, you'll get the full gallery.
An improved gallery is pretty high on our priority; I agree that it's completely un-intuitive right now and it looks as if games have one screenshot.
Next/previous is definitely on the todo list, in any event.
I agree with the suggestion.
Most above-average users have pop-ups (and even unders) set to be blocked automatically, I myself do so as well (both in browser and third party system C&C monitoring apps).
It be a bothersome toil to have to go over settings or use an alternate browser and shutdown various protection softwares each time I wish to view screenshots due to the webmaster's choice to make use of pop ups (I could name several sites which I ceased even bothering with due to it).
I would also suggest that instead of a single screenshot/thumbnail to have in the very same page, which details briefly the game, a set of four or so thumbnails from various aspects of the game (preferebly stills which depict some nice eye candy, a statistics screen -players die for those, especially in RPG field- or a moment from an action packed battle or the sorts).
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Black Sky
We'll breach the 2D game engine conventions yet!
Yah, the next/previous feature is really my only request at the moment... That one seems like a "no brainer" from a usability standpoint.
I also think that next/previous feature on screenshots is sorely missing.