[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17142: Prettier gallery display and navigation through core

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#17142: Prettier gallery display and navigation through core
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 Reporter:  hew          |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Gallery      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
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 WordPress gallery display and navigation typically feels rather crude from
 the user point of view. With digital cameras dumping images as IMG_XXXX or
 long numeric strings, the default image titles are usually prominent and
 ugly in most of the themes I've tested (see attachments for examples).
 Some themes use thumbnail navigation instead, but those implementations
 also feel dated in many (most?) cases.

 I realize that the theory is display/navigation is determined by the
 themes, and that display/navigation can be greatly altered via various
 plugins...  but the reality of how this plays out results in a default
 user experience that simply feels outdated.

 Many (most?) themes seem pretty unimaginative in their gallery output and
 IMHO a more elegant out-of-the-box display and navigation experience seems
 like it would really be useful for all WordPress users. I would think most
 users expect something like a Lightbox experience at minimum, but I am not
 ideologically tied to any particular solution.

 Is there something we could do on the core side to strongly encourage (or
 even gently enforce) a prettier default construct?

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