mdshack
Ability to choose whether to upload multiple images as a set or as individual shots
Title. In order to upload images as individual shots instead of an album, one has to upload them one-by-one. Perhaps if multiple images are detected a dialogue could appear asking the user whether they want to upload as a set or as individual shots.
This is something I have spent a fair amount of time thinking on, I essentially want the upload process to be as short as possible with little to no interaction other than dragging + dropping/pasting etc - I feel like adding additional steps could make this a bit slower/harder to do on the go. One area this can be seen is with stuff like the image name, I didn't really even want that to be a required field/block users from publishing their image. Let me know if you have any thoughts with this in mind!
I would also think of the multi-upload less as album functionality, I plan to add in freeform albums that will allow arbitrarily grouped images, this is more of a multi-image upload feature (might solve a similar use for now, but not quite the same function).
You're not wrong, and this is definitely a tough one. I'm not sure there's a great solution while still not adding an extra step. I'll think on it and let you know if I come up with something.
I made two mockups that might work. The first I'm not 100% on, but if you're able to detect whether multiple images are coming in before they're dropped into the field the field could divide itself like this:
Otherwise, something like this might work:
They're both kind of clunky, but the lower layout would work on mobile where the upper will probably not (or require additional input). That's what I have for now, I'll keep thinking on it.
I made two mockups that might work. The first I'm not 100% on, but if you're able to detect whether multiple images are coming in before they're dropped into the field the field could divide itself like this:
Otherwise, something like this might work:
They're both kind of clunky, but the lower layout would work on mobile where the upper will probably not (or require additional input). That's what I have for now, I'll keep thinking on it.
To achieve the first, I would probably have two dropzones in the same "box", could give something similar to that - Let me ponder this a bit more and see what I can come up with.