Make icons link in sitescheme

[cesy]

Title:
Make icons link in sitescheme

Area:
sitescheme, site style, icons

Summary:
Add /icons link on an icon to site style.

Description:
In certain styles, a user's icon links back to their allpics page. I find this really useful, if I see a cool icon and want to see who made it and if it's stealable or not. Can this feature be added to sitescheme as well as the other styles, please?

Poll #1868 Make icons link in sitescheme

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40

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Should be implemented as-is.
29 (72.5%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
4 (10.0%)

(I have no opinion)
7 (17.5%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[triadruid]

I said no because it's totally unclear which instance you're talking about. I don't want the icon associated with this comment to go to allpics, for example; if anywhere, I want it just to go to my journal.

[cesy]

I meant that instance, yes, among others. I can already get to your journal or your profile from your user name or userhead. I can't get straight to your icons without an extra click.

[triadruid]

Someone pointed out elsewhere (probably in LJ suggestions) that making the icon clickable for the journal itself improves accessibility. Making it instead go to allpics/icons seems suboptimal to me, but again, that's just me.

[cesy]

How does that improve accessibility?

Having it be a link to the journal would probably be slightly confusing, given that several styles already have it as a link to /icons.

[triadruid]

It gives you a bigger target to click. Especially when someone's username is short, having something bigger than 12px is nice for those with fine motor control problems.

[sky]

Honestly, I don't really like the allpics page being public to begin with -- of course people can take my icons for their own use anytime I use them to post anywhere, but the allpics page makes it more convenient for someone to come by and grab a bunch of them without finding out my feelings on the subject, whether I have any rules I ask people using my icons to abide by, or whether some of those icons might have special personal significance/have been made for me by a friend and are not icons I want to share. It makes me uncomfortable to think of that behavior becoming even easier and extra convenient.

[kyrielle]

I actually like the comments on the allpics page since it lets me communicate my preferences. Of course, people may ignore those anyway.

[cesy]

See, for me, the allpics page allows me to see if someone has said "Not shareable" or "This is personal" in the description, or "Made by my friend, please credit them" or whatever. Being able to get to that page more easily makes it easier to check that kind of thing. There was even a previous suggestion to be able to add a sentence or two at the top of the page explaining your icon policy.

[sky]

I guess it depends on one's social circle, but where I hang out -- mostly among the journal roleplay crowd -- "Please don't take this icon" on the allpics page is often regarded as an invitation to take the icon because clearly you're 'stuck-up' for not wanting to share it with the world. Of course this behavior is already possible on DW, but I'd hate to see it made even easier. (Maybe the real solution here is actually customizable privacy on one's /icons page...)