I’ve used a loooot of AI image generators by now. I’ve gone whole hog on this just about every day since August of last year. Which is why it’s shocking to me huge companies like Microsoft & Adobe don’t seem to have picked up on a few basic and absolutely essential features for generative AI image results pages:

  • Click to enlarge image results
    • No, clicking and having it enlarge on its own URL/page doesn’t count (sorry Bing!). Just let me click on it quick to see it bigger and click out of the modal to have it go back to regular thumbnail. This helps me know if I want to download.
  • Flip through image results using left right arrows
    • OpenAI is actually the only one I’ve used that does this, and it’s so basic I can’t believe they don’t all copy it.
  • One-click download from any view
    • This one is also quite simple: let me download it with a one click button (not a multi-click menu option) no matter the view I’m in
  • Download them all
    • An option to download all results at once
  • Image filenames reflect source model & prompt text & date
    • Self-explanatory