[opencms-dev] Insert Images: ImageBrowse vs. Gallerybrowser

[Michael Moossen]

Hi John!

If you (your users) are not storing images in galleries you (they) are 
doing it wrong.
v8 will enforce even more this practice.

regards
Michael

On 23.01.2011 11:11, John Bieling wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I do not understand, why the OpenCMS Gallerybrowser is preferred over
> the FCKEditor Filebrowser (when inserting images). In OpenCMS 7.5 it
> even has been replaced completely. BUT with the current Gallerybrowser
> it is not possible to access the directory structured and pictures not
> part of a gallery cannot be accessed at all. I do not think that this is
> a good decision, my users think of it as a step back.
>
> It is possible to reactivate the Filebrowser in the ImageWidget and in
> the Editor, but this has to be done after every update of OpenCMS. After
> updating to 7.5.3 it was even harder to apply the patch, since the
> coding has changed. Therefore I am quite afraid, that I won't be able to
> apply my patch in a later version.
>
> I would really appreciate, if the OpenCMS Gallerybrowser would be
> enriched by a FileBrowser-Tap. I tried but it is hard for me to
> understand the code. Has anyone started working on that?
>
> Thanks
> John Bieling
>
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