Thread:TheRealPella/@comment-5275054-20151111200824/@comment-15636815-20151124233816

We programmers definitely like shorter code! Users like it, too, because pages load more quickly. Not every decision we make about what to include in a template is based on how much code we use, though.

The programmer's point of view rarely is that we want to "block" an image from linking somewhere. (We do block some things, at some timesusually to keep users (or ourselves!) from accidentally messing up somethingbut almost never that.)

Most often, causing an image not to link anywhere is simply a matter of cleaning up the interface a bit. Sometimes, there are so many things on the page that link somewhere else that more links just get in the way. That's probably the only reason I killed the image links here. Users can still get to the image page using the link on the reward item's page, and many of those pics are so small that clicking on them is a challenge, anyway.

Like I said, I'll change it if enough people want me to. Or hey, it's a wiki! If people really don't like it, they can change it themselves. For right now, I'd prefer to keep that code in there, just to keep the output screen uncluttered and usable. My opinion. ;-)