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ifixit Media Manager going Supersize?

Seems we are running into the same issue as we did in October of this year. Internal ifixit links get supersized and pretty much take over the page. Not sure if this intentional or a fluke.

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from here.

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from here. . Of course there are more. Nothing wrong with supersizing fries and soft drinks, Not sure if it will work for repair manuals ...Thanks.

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Hi oldturkey,

New ifixit team member here!

This is an update that was pushed out yesterday related to guide links in answers. When (only 1) guide is linked in an answer, we're now displaying the guide embed. When more than 1 guide is linked in an answer, we use the old-style cards like before.

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@entendu thanks for letting me know. Welcome to ifixit? BTW the update is pretty ugly and overpowers the answer etc. In my opinion it seems to create visual confusion but time will tell.

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@entendu - Can we go back to the old style please. It really does not look good. If you want to make the card a bit larger thats OK, Giant is not cool!

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How about trying half or a third that size? Imagine that your beard was three times the size that it is now, half way down your chest and almost shoulder width. Would people ever know what color your eyes were?

BTW You have now met the three moderators ;-) We are the nit pickers around here but we have some up and comers that are learning well.....

Welcome to the team.

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As ever, we value the feedback from our most frequent site users! Thanks so much for all chiming in, guys. I don't have any say in the design decisions, but just wanted to jump in to say the feedback is welcome and appreciated. <3

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Just to add a bit more here: We do have the URL pasted in full context in the answer (as you can see below) so the need of such a large element at the bottom also impacts the ability to see follow up comments and other answers if a better one is below.

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@entendu - As reference here's a question I just answered:

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Now you're empathizing the guide Vs giving both equal empathises. As the drive kit card is not equal in size. I should also point out if you click on the Start Guide button you'll get within the frame the guide:

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If you click on the header the full guide will open as well as clicking on the grow button, within the frame.

Generically I think that is useful as I could see other applications of Dozuki would benefit from it. Here, I think just opening the guide to its full size is warranted.

But both frames (cards) should be equal as the selling aspect of parts & tools we often link to when we answer shouldn't be over shadowed by the guide.

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