Bingowings said:
Images that illustrate a point should (in my view) be largely discernible at a glance.
It brakes the flow of a discussion if you have to click on an image to see it at all.
I'd prefer to have a reasonable standard size limit which can be clicked on to get a better look so people following the thread can make out what the postee meant without clicking but if they want to put the effort in they can make the effort to open up the full sized image.
Having a row of in thread links might speed up the loading times but it may slow down the flow of appreciation of the ideas presented on the page (an image can sometimes be worth a thousand words and the extra loading time).
Archived images from early on in older posts could also be adjusted to meet the new size limit.
Jay, thanks for confirming that you'll be giving the option of a 'wider' page look in the forum for those that prefer/are still used to that layout. Options are always welcome.
As far as the 'embedded images' thing....while I agree that needlessly large images are annoying, I also have to strongly agree with Bingowings point that being able to show direct, 'at-a-glance' images is a very welcome and useful function to have in many instances.
I'd be sorry to lose the option to show 'reasonably'-sized photos/screenshots directly in a post, for the very reasons Bingo has said about that.
But I wonder how many posters actually know how to 'shrink' the size of certain images here? Being the computer-illiterate heathen that I am, it was only last week that I personally discovered how to do this. ( for those that don't know yet: say you come across a random image on the net that you want to post - if you right-click on it and then click onto 'Properties' at the bottom of the pull-down menu that appears....as well as seeing the 'image URL' code in the info. that appears, you'll also see the size dimensions of the image too. So when you go to show the image on the forum, when you click the 'insert/edit image' tree icon at the top of the 'reply' box to enter the 'image URL' code....you can also enter your own size dimensions just underneath.... For instance, if the image seems large to begin with, just enter size dimensions that are HALF or QUARTER of whatever the image size is of the picture you want to show )
Perhaps a 'sticky' with some info. along these lines could be put up?....followed by 'strong encouragement' for offenders to 'quick edit' any extreme examples they post?
Something that does bug me is when someone's 'too-large' image is needless 'quoted' and re-shown again by someone else, just so that they can inanely post something like 'that's cool' underneath it, or something equally trivial. That kind of thing should definately be bitchslapped out of here with a much protest as possible!
Loving the new petition wording by the way. And the new logo too. Very 'retro'....and very subtle.