Stop reproduction companies from changing the Zoom button to a link
I have been using WikiArt for years. When I look at paintings, I like to click on the Zoom + button to look at them more closely. Now I see there is a company called 1st-art-gallery.com which has somehow deliberately changed the + button to a direct link to its website. This is BS! I want the Zoom function, not their website!! Are they allowed to do this, or have they somehow managed to do this on their own?
paul.brooke
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mdearn
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it's look like website is hacked, unintentional redirect to other site is one of the biggest sins, I can't believe that it possible on wikiart, even PH more delicate with it.
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Chris
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To elaborate: When looking at a picture in high quality, the entire page except the info bar at the bottom and controls in the top-right becomes a huge hidden link to 1st-art-gallery.com. That makes it impossible to scroll the picture (unless you release the mouse button outside of the browser window) and to zoom in using a double-tap gesture. There is no reason for that to happen:
a) at the bottom there is an icon that follow you to the same 1st-art-gallery page anyway
b) I can guarantee you nobody who clicks on a picture of a painting in the zoom mode does so with the intention of buying it, especially considering there's absolutely no indication that's what's supposed to happen.