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Re: Brickshelf going away???
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 31 May 2005 18:59:55 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Samarth Moray wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Bryan Wong wrote:
> > Charging users to upload (with file size limits) would do the following two
> > things (at least):
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> > 1) Make users think twice about uploading out of focus (or poorly taken)
> > pictures, or huge pictures (both in file size and dimensions). Files that don't
> > meet the restrictions will be force users to resize and/or convert them.
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> I think that this is a very important point. IMHO big images are just a waste of
> bandwidth (people get frustruated anyway when they realise the dimensions of the
> image, and hit back in disgust) as well as space.
I agree, but for a slightly different reason. Try living where broadband simply
isn't available. There are still places in the US (and other countries I'm sure)
that have not yet received broadband rollout. Try clicking on one of those
'overly-large, not cropped, maximum resolution' images when connected via 49k
dialup. Not fun. Being on a slow connection, with a not-quite-the-fastest system
makes me appreciate smaller images much more than the average person.
Asking folks to (1) crop and (2) go with lower-quality might enhance the
experience for everyone and yield a reduced bandwidth requirement.
Ray
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| (...) I can see some times when people will want a high-resolution version available... but for the most part, when browsing (a big purpose for Brickshelf), it's best to have an optimized image, say no bigger than 800 pixels in any dimension. There (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I think that this is a very important point. IMHO big images are just a waste of bandwidth (people get frustruated anyway when they realise the dimensions of the image, and hit back in disgust) as well as space. Also, delete unused accounts, (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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