Faster Image Insert的用途很简单：把WordPress那个该死的Thickbox上传系统移动到编辑界面的metabox下，并提供批量插入（单个图片可选插入，见上方截图）等便利的功能增强；同时不修改原有的上传系统，避免制造内部错误。
这款由客栈自行开发的插件也公开半年了，前日更新后，总下载量已达17,000次。根据我的访问统计（访问原始开发页面的用户），使用它的网站从流量超高的网页设计站到北美出名的摄影师博客都有——希望对准备新番评论，长篇图解和照片分享的旅客有用。
对于已经在使用FII的旅客，本插件1.5.0版的使用情况如何？我还没收到任何Bug报告。（新版需要先保存文章，是为了避免WP2.9冲突）
Tired of having to wait for Media Manager to load up in thickbox every single insertion ? Tired of having no control on background interface when thickbox is on ? Tired of the fact that neither the Media Manager nor the Shortcode API gives you enough control over where the image should appear ? Well, I am. So here is a tiny, swiss-army-knife like plugin for all the image controlling freaks out there.
Faster Image Insert aims to do just one thing (that’s how it’s stood anyway): Moves built-in Media Manager down in a meta-box, right next to main editing panel, so you have full control of the manager, opens it, makes it collapse or hidden from the interface completely. Best of all, is now you can insert image(s) much faster (though load time is still limited by server, wordpress POST changes as you insert the image; it’s not completely client-sided), and precisely where you want them to be (no thickbox, no interface blocking, quite similar to the uploader in WordPress 1.5).
So there you go, if you’re anything like me (who likes to insert a few images in the middle of long articles), this is a handy plugin - also my first “public” wordpress plugin, so don’t go too hard on it, kay ?
screenshots to illustrate my point.
Download:
version 1.00: initial release, basic function implemented
TODO:
AJAX interface, option page.
PS: Will submit this to WordPress Plugin Directory once I found the time to… oh, their new search function is pretty slick too.
算盘打得特别响的时候，恰恰也是算珠最容易飞脱的时候。
——店长, 2008-06-02
万事俱备，只欠东风，要不是店长临危受命去修正一个项目的漏洞，今天我本不该跳票。不该发生的都发生了，拖到现在才能发布本来用于教唆纯洁旅客的作品，唉，还有哪位萝莉没在安眠？
收拾心情，让我大致为“捏它营”做个解释。