Tiresmoke picture display processing
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Tiresmoke picture display processing
I have noticed that when you click on a thumbnail image on this website, it displays a very large image that contains scrollbars and takes a long time to display. I also discovered that if you click on the large picture, it then scales the image back to a reasonable size for normal viewing. I think it should just simply do the latter and forget the first display. I also noticed that the little plus sign is missing from the pictures which makes me think that there have been changes to how this works. Anyone else seeing this?
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All of this image displaying/processing is handled by postimage.org, which I have zero control over. With that said...
It seems to initially scale the pictures to 1024x768, and once the picture is loaded, clicking a 2nd time will re-scale it to the size of your browser window. My desktop is quite large at 1600x1200, so I don't notice it much. The reason the pics take a little bit to download is that most pictures from any decent camera (3 megapixel or greater) is that the files are 2MB (or more) each. You're downloading the entire 2MB+ for each picture you click on.
What you might try is this: when uploading the picture, there's a drop down box to select image re-sizing. 1024x768 should be adequate for most stuff and should significantly reduce the file size.
-Dave
It seems to initially scale the pictures to 1024x768, and once the picture is loaded, clicking a 2nd time will re-scale it to the size of your browser window. My desktop is quite large at 1600x1200, so I don't notice it much. The reason the pics take a little bit to download is that most pictures from any decent camera (3 megapixel or greater) is that the files are 2MB (or more) each. You're downloading the entire 2MB+ for each picture you click on.
What you might try is this: when uploading the picture, there's a drop down box to select image re-sizing. 1024x768 should be adequate for most stuff and should significantly reduce the file size.
-Dave