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Registered Member #16
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Location: New Wilmington, PA
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Last I knew, the auto-size function had been disabled to enable faster load times and reduce resource consumption. Since we're on the same server, I would suspect that the same goes for the new forum.
I agree that 400 is a bit too small, and I also agree with TDU's assesment. So long as text is intact, if someone has to scroll a little bit for images, I wouldn't think it would be a big deal. Chris R, do you have the ability to detect screen resolution on the old forum? You could always just track all the hits from now till the 8th on the old forum and see if support for 800x600 is still necessary. If its less than 10% of the visitors who are stuck at 800x600, it might be a case of making things a little less convenient for a select few, while making things more convenient for the vast majority.
Geometrically Frustrated Registered Member #6
Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 04:18AM
Location: Bowdoin, Maine
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Dave Marshall wrote ...
Last I knew, the auto-size function had been disabled to enable faster load times and reduce resource consumption. Since we're on the same server, I would suspect that the same goes for the new forum.
Nope, autoresize is in effect. Try clicking on one of TDU's images.
... not Russel! Registered Member #1
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Autoresize on the old forum had only been disabled for people not signed in.
Current statistics show something like 18% of 4hv.org users still using 800 * 600 resolution, so I am hesitant to cut support for them.
At any rate, these images that appear below posts are not meant to be full sized images. They are meant to be thumbnails. Post whatever size pictures you like, and the forum just scales them down a bit to protect the format of the board from being blown to smithereens by an unscaled four megapixel digital camera image. :) This also saves moderators from having to actually moderate image size.
TDU, there's no reason it should make your work tedious. You needn't worry about resizing images at all this way. Simply upload the full sized ones, and the forum will take care of the rest.
Edit: TDU, I also see you're directly linking to images as they are located on the old forum. This may be a bad idea, as these folders are going to be moved after the old forum is shut down.
Chris, my results were pretty consistent across browsers, in that I could get down to about 730 pixels without needing to scroll. The five pixels or so worth of loss is probably due to the nicer-looking layout. It's just ever so slightly less efficient with the space.
I tend to agree with Matt on this issue. Maybe the answer is to go with something really small, like 200 pixels. Then we are saving a TON of bandwidth, and we are emphasizing that it's just a thumbnail, and that you can click to get a full sized image.
Whoops, sorry TDU, I've killed your image in your post. Reposting it below...
Geometrically Frustrated Registered Member #6
Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 04:18AM
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Chris Russell wrote ...
I tend to agree with Matt on this issue. Maybe the answer is to go with something really small, like 200 pixels. Then we are saving a TON of bandwidth, and we are emphasizing that it's just a thumbnail, and that you can click to get a full sized image.
That is a very good point. Some images are resized enough that they look crappy, but not so much that you'd think they were resized. I am in favor of the thumbnails idea.
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Hallo thar! The new forum looks great. It loads really quick too! Good work! How will the new members process work on the new forum? I went through the rules and there was no mention of an application process like before, is it going to be a join as you like or is there some thing in place that I missed?
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Looks good, me like :)
Not where weather to put this in the suggestions box or here but I noticed a few things... Mainly that links do not open in a new window (not sure if that was intentional or not, but will take some getting used to) and that when posting a pic the default size is 200 pixels as opposed to the 400 stated in the rules... Which to use? Also, the forum now supports files 10MB, but only takes zips and pics? Where is the audio/video?
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