4d ago

Request: save & share buttons below the image

Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to ask. I really like voyager, it makes accessing lemmy very easy and aesthetic for someone who's new to fediverse.

There's a small feature I think would greatly enhance the experience:

Two wide buttons - (save) & (share), just below the image, whenever a user clicks on the image.

Like how bluesky does it. (I can't upload a reference image as I am still new to lemmy)

It would make things so much more intuitive and I love to download images. It's one thing I didn't like about reddit - Saving images was a pain in the ass.

3 comments

You can long press the image to open a menu for that. I think buttons would fly in the face of the minimalist aesthetic of the app.
- long press the image...
  It doesn't do that for me. It only brings up the menu upon clicking the three dots on the right.
  I think buttons would fly in the face of the minimalist aesthetic of the app.
  I think my suggestion would only make it more minimalistic.
  I don't think I am explaining it right.
  The current image lightbox has four buttons at the bottom - (Upvote), (comments), (share), and (menu)
  My suggestion is to replace the (upvote) & (comment) buttons with a wide (download) button. Comments can still be opened with a slide up gesture and there are multiple places to upvote.
  (Personal assumption) I think people rarely use the comment button and the upvote button in the lightbox itself.
  
  I see what you mean now. Yeah, that would work.