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dansup

The #pixelfedApp will soon display images/videos in a 1:1 aspect ratio (square), you will be able to tap to view full screen or pinch to zoom, or double tap to like or triple tap to slide in them dms

Dynamic heights and FlatLists are like Regina and Cady after she knew about the fat choc bars.

Mobile app dev is a lot like Mean Girls, you gotta find balance

5 comments
EE Turunen πŸ‘¨πŸ½β€πŸ’»

@dansup Aspect ratios are very important in photography, so showing cropped photos in the feed is a bad move imo.

metapixl.com

@dansup I don't think this is a good idea. How do you crop and where? You can entirely destroy a picture trough bad cropping in a preview

Andrew Abernathy

@dansup I would lobby for this to be a view option so the user can choose whether they prefer the square density and balance, or to see the photo as the poster intended. (And I'd lobby for the default to be to follow the poster's intent.)

I usually crop my photos to square before posting, as I've felt that tends to match this context better. But sometimes I've felt it's important for a photo to be a different form; having the app make its own decision means I might as well not post it.

Simon

@dansup By cropping or shrinking? Cropping would be awful for photography.

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