# Link observations directly from photo browser page thumbnails **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [September 23, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704 "2019-09-23T01:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@dep](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dep)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/1 "2019-09-23T01:09:31Z")
When you search for a taxon (say, Phallus ravenelii) and then go to the photo browser page by clicking “view more”, you see a bunch of pictures from observations… but you can’t just go directly to the individual observation (you have to enlarge, then click "view observation). The only direct links in the photo browser take you to the taxon page you just came from. I think that makes no sense, and it’s very annoying because I keep clicking on the names and are therefore taken back to the taxon page instead of the observation. Linking directly to the observations would make it easier to go through the images to make sure the species are correctly classified, and then quickly go to the observation page of potentially misclassified ones to correct the IDs. ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/2 "2019-10-30T12:19:29Z")
Yes please, this one has been a longtime pet peeve of mine. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/8/84f1990b47f6e7c466b40c0d9d2b93d3bdcd0217.jpeg) Just to illustrate: something in the caption on hover should link to the individual observation. I am almost always viewing the taxon page photo browser for a single species, but I guess some people might look at photos for rank genus and above, in which case some text there should link to a descendant taxon as needed. ---
**Author:** ![oneanttofew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/oneanttofew/32/3782_2.png) [@oneanttofew](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/oneanttofew)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/3 "2019-10-31T09:26:53Z")
Yes please, please (there are lots of reasons for working from the taxon page). ---
**Author:** ![alecc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/alecc/32/20180_2.png) [@alecc](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/alecc)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/4 "2019-12-13T01:28:48Z")
I would love to see this implemented, too. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/5 "2019-12-17T22:52:47Z")
I agree, there should be a link to the observation. For photos that are used in more than one observation (eg [https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/57988505](https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/57988505)) we might not be able to link to the correct observation from the taxon browser. Acceptable? Or would linking directly to a photo’s page rather to an observation be OK? ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/6 "2019-12-18T00:00:37Z")
I’d much rather it link the to observation than the photo detail page. There must be a way for it to know which one to link to? ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/7 "2019-12-18T01:36:13Z")
I would hope so, but I can’t confirm yet. Just bringing it up as a situation that may arise. ---
**Author:** ![alecc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/alecc/32/20180_2.png) [@alecc](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/alecc)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/8 "2019-12-18T18:13:54Z")
Thanks, Tony. I think either suggestion would be an improvement over status quo, with slight preference for linking directly to the observation (even if difficulties arise in a smaller subset of cases). ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations-directly-from-photo-browser-page-thumbnails/6704/9 "2019-12-18T18:26:32Z")
If the photo browser page were the same page as a new view type in a redesigned Explore, where you can view all photos, I’d be happy with that too. :) Posted about that here: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ideas-for-a-revamped-explore-observations-search-page/8439/79](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ideas-for-a-revamped-explore-observations-search-page/8439/79)