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Bring back the thumb! aphaits

^{Deviant watcher since September 2001, Active deviant since May 2006}
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Recently, DA has upgraded it's submission process.
it's good and useful, I know I like it,
especially the uploading part for low-connection deviants.
but now they have limited the use of thumbs only for downloadable files.
they have disabled it -entirely- for image type files.

I think this is a step back from using thumbs as a tool and visual aid.
for example, png file uploads that has transparencies,
how the auto-thumb handles it is very visually unpleasing.
rather than replacing the transparency with either DA color/bg color,
it replaced it with blotchy black fills, with rough edges.

now that is the main issue for me so far,
but there are other reason that disabling the thumbs is not a good idea.
a siginificant part of deviations in DA do use the custom thumb feature.
it can be informational, regarding contents of full-viewed images.
people can CHOOSE to view it or not, after seeing the thumb image.
Comic artists or large-format uploaders, or even comedians in that matter,
they use the preview thumbnail for, well, previews!

I know this maybe something you don't and won't care about,
maybe you've always had DA auto-thumbing your images,
so this feature won't effect you at all.
you can CHOOSE not to have custom thumbs.

but some of us that actually use it for it's mere concept of just 'previewing',
or just caring enough so that detailed images won't have unattractive thumbs,
or even just for usability sake, like blotched default thumb images for png's.
heck I'll even pay for it if it's subscriber-only feature,
which I already am, because I think DA subscription is worth it.

so let your opinions be heard,
because it matters.
read on for more details in DivineError's journal divineerror.deviantart.com/jou…
hexentanz's admin journal hexentanz.deviantart.com/journ…
and vote YES if you want custom thumbs back hexentanz.deviantart.com/journ…

I'll update my journal if I found more places to voice your opinions.
comment in here if you do found one.
Please put this stamp on your journal if you support custom thumbs:


Thank you for reading,
have a nice deviant day.