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Re: Your Thoughts on Image Hosting Sites...
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lugnet.ambassadors
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:31:31 GMT
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Nelson Yrizarry wrote:
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Recent events have put the issue of image hosting in the spotlight. There are
a lot of choices out there, from popular sites like Brickshelf and MOCpages
to newer sites like MOCShow, YouBrick, BrickImage, and even commercial,
non-LEGO sites like Flickr. All of these sites provide an invaluable service
to the LEGO fan community - a place to host your images.
The LEGO Ambassadors would like to ask you for your input on what you would
want from an image-hosting site:
- What would make for the “ideal” image-hosting site for LEGO fans?
- What type of features/services would you like to see on such a site?
- How much would you be willing to pay for these services, if free image hosting was not an option?
Note: This post is not intended to start a debate about which existing image
hosting website is better. As fellow LEGO fans, we just want to ask you for
your thoughts and ideas regarding the viewing and showcasing of your LEGO
creations. These ideas will not be forwarded to The LEGO Group, who have
publicly and clearly stated that they will not own, nor run such a service.
Your comments will be available here for others in the community to view -
and hopefully utilize - in building and improving image hosting sites for all
LEGO fans.
Nelson Yrizarry
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I’d like to see support for pictures as well as LDRAW and Track Designer Files.
Automatic reduction and file size optimisation, or just an outright ban on
people uploading large pictures or BMP formats.
Thumbnailing for galleries.
Mid-size images (like Flickr) are good, but viewing either them or the full
image should be optional, and you shouldn’t have to go through loads of clicks
to get to what you prefer.
Simple captioning of images.
Basic hierarchy and group structure for galleries.
Ability to move galleries/folders around the hierarchy, but preserve the
reference URLs of the gallery and images within it.
Search facility to find or exclude keywords. Limit on keywords attached to
images/galleries to prevent spamming.
Simple page structure and interface. No using hundreds of server calls to
create just a single page, as it’s awful when the latency is low even on a fast
connection (this is except where you have no choice, such as a page of thumbnail
images).
And if the only option is to pay for it then I’ll just host my own instead.
Jason R
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| Recent events have put the issue of image hosting in the spotlight. There are a lot of choices out there, from popular sites like Brickshelf and MOCpages to newer sites like MOCShow, YouBrick, BrickImage, and even commercial, non-LEGO sites like (...) (17 years ago, 4-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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