{ "$schema": "https://ndcodex.com/schemas/object/v1.json", "id": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-4-image-experience-notes", "archive_id": "codex-archive-system-v3-4-image-experience-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-4-image-experience-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-4-image-experience-notes/", "type": "codex", "object_form": null, "title": "Codex Archive System V3.4 Image Experience Notes", "summary": "v3.4 extends image handling from simple expansion to full gallery continuity, gentler mobile inspection, and roomier reading rhythm.", "content_text": "v3.4 extends Codex Archive System v3.3 Modest Table Notes.\n\nUse v3.3 as specimen-stage context and v3.4 for current gallery continuity and mobile reading behavior.\n\nv3.4 is the image-experience release.\n\nOperator value prop:\n\nMulti-image objects now read like one continuous viewing session instead of a stack of separate image interruptions.\n\nWork chunks and wins:\n\nCard lightbox now understands the whole object\n\nValue prop: A multi-image fieldlog can be inspected from the feed without repeated open-close cycles.\n\nFeed and related cards now pass the full image set into the lightbox, not just the primary image.\n\nMulti-image cards mark the table with a quiet 1 / n cue.\n\nThe table remains the inspection zone while the rest of the card stays the canonical post link.\n\nObject-page image viewing now behaves like a gallery\n\nValue prop: Once inside the object, inspection can continue without breaking concentration.\n\nObject-page media now opens into a navigable gallery session.\n\nDesktop supports arrow-key movement.\n\nMobile supports swipe and split tap zones directly inside the lightbox frame.\n\nMobile lightbox chrome was reduced on purpose\n\nValue prop: The image gets the majority of the viewport instead of competing with controls.\n\nExplicit mobile previous/next button rows were removed.\n\nGallery state is now signaled by a quieter count and faint directional cues.\n\nLeft-side tap reverses and right-side tap advances inside the lightbox image field.\n\nGallery motion was softened\n\nValue prop: Navigation feels like handling material, not operating a carousel.\n\nImage changes now use a restrained fade-slide handoff.\n\nTravel distance was reduced so movement reads as continuity, not spectacle.\n\nReduced-motion preferences still disable the effect.\n\nMobile reading rhythm was loosened\n\nValue prop: Titles and supporting copy can breathe before the image arrives.\n\nFeed and related card stacks now use larger mobile headings and more vertical separation.\n\nObject-page mobile headers now open with more title scale and clearer body entry spacing.\n\nRelated and object surfaces now feel less signal-dense on phones.\n\nNo schema expansion is proposed in v3.4.\n\nNo new object type is proposed in v3.4.", "content_markdown": "v3.4 extends [Codex Archive System v3.3 Modest Table Notes](/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes).\nUse v3.3 as specimen-stage context and v3.4 for current gallery continuity and mobile reading behavior.\n\nv3.4 is the image-experience release.\n\nOperator value prop:\n- Multi-image objects now read like one continuous viewing session instead of a stack of separate image interruptions.\n\nWork chunks and wins:\n\n1. Card lightbox now understands the whole object\n Value prop: A multi-image fieldlog can be inspected from the feed without repeated open-close cycles.\n - Feed and related cards now pass the full image set into the lightbox, not just the primary image.\n - Multi-image cards mark the table with a quiet `1 / n` cue.\n - The table remains the inspection zone while the rest of the card stays the canonical post link.\n\n2. Object-page image viewing now behaves like a gallery\n Value prop: Once inside the object, inspection can continue without breaking concentration.\n - Object-page media now opens into a navigable gallery session.\n - Desktop supports arrow-key movement.\n - Mobile supports swipe and split tap zones directly inside the lightbox frame.\n\n3. Mobile lightbox chrome was reduced on purpose\n Value prop: The image gets the majority of the viewport instead of competing with controls.\n - Explicit mobile previous/next button rows were removed.\n - Gallery state is now signaled by a quieter count and faint directional cues.\n - Left-side tap reverses and right-side tap advances inside the lightbox image field.\n\n4. Gallery motion was softened\n Value prop: Navigation feels like handling material, not operating a carousel.\n - Image changes now use a restrained fade-slide handoff.\n - Travel distance was reduced so movement reads as continuity, not spectacle.\n - Reduced-motion preferences still disable the effect.\n\n5. Mobile reading rhythm was loosened\n Value prop: Titles and supporting copy can breathe before the image arrives.\n - Feed and related card stacks now use larger mobile headings and more vertical separation.\n - Object-page mobile headers now open with more title scale and clearer body entry spacing.\n - Related and object surfaces now feel less signal-dense on phones.\n\nNo schema expansion is proposed in v3.4.\nNo new object type is proposed in v3.4.", "author": { "id": "nathan-davis", "name": "Nathan Davis", "designation": "Archive Operator", "role": "Archive Operator", "handle": "@nathandavis", "avatar": "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg", "bio": "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive." }, "contributors": [ { "id": "nathan-davis", "name": "Nathan Davis", "designation": "Archive Operator", "role": "Archive Operator", "handle": "@nathandavis", "avatar": "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg", "bio": "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive." } ], "date_published": "2026-03-08T23:16:07.000Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-08T23:16:07.000Z", "status": "published", "visibility": "public", "language": "en-US", "axes": { "scale": null, "depth": null, "focus": null, "function": null }, "themes": [ "systems", "architecture", "methodology", "signal", "observation" ], "constellations": [ "Cascade Psalms" ], "tags": [ "systems", "architecture", "methodology", "signal", "observation" ], "keywords": [ "Codex", "systems", "architecture", "methodology", "signal", "observation", "Cascade Psalms" ], "relations": [ { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes/" }, { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-2-fragment-feed-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-2-fragment-feed-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-2-fragment-feed-notes/" }, { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-1-build-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-1-build-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-1-build-notes/" }, { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes/" }, { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/jsa-collage-evolution-003", "slug": "jsa-collage-evolution-003", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/jsa-collage-evolution-003/" }, { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/artifact-jsa-collage-001", "slug": "artifact-jsa-collage-001", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/artifact-jsa-collage-001/" }, { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/cities-built-on-ruin", "slug": "cities-built-on-ruin", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/cities-built-on-ruin/" }, { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/when-the-commit-leaves-your-hands", "slug": "when-the-commit-leaves-your-hands", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/when-the-commit-leaves-your-hands/" }, { "kind": "related", "target": "codex://object/on-object-oriented-archives", "slug": "on-object-oriented-archives", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/on-object-oriented-archives/" }, { "kind": "dependency", "target": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes/" }, { "kind": "dependency", "target": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-plus-notes/" }, { "kind": "connection", "target": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-3-modest-table-notes/", "role": "previous version", "display": "feature" }, { "kind": "connection", "target": "codex://object/codex-archive-system-v3-5-control-surface-notes", "slug": "codex-archive-system-v3-5-control-surface-notes", "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/codex-archive-system-v3-5-control-surface-notes/", "role": "next update", "display": "inline" } ], "media": [], "capture": null }