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Subject: Re: Photo sites, dial-up and image size

Date: Sat 21/04/07 15:39:52 GMT

Name: bryce

Email: brycepunk1@earthlink.net

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Being on dial-up these days, I have just gotten used to not seeing 90% of what this community has to offer. A post by Leon or Tyra can take me 20 minutes to load, so for the most part I just don't bother unless I have something to do (like click on the thread, go wash the dishes, walk the dog, check to see if it's done loading yet.) It's really a bummer.

I hate having to wait ten minutes just to see what the outfit is.

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Photo sites, dial-up and image size

By Telcontar - mrnemesis@ntlworld.com Fri 20/04/07 10:18:33 GMT

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Since MG brought up the issue of dial-up, I thought I'd ask more clearly this time -- are dial-up users happy with photo sites?

The most recent Liquid Ladies photo set, for example, has photos reaching 1 MB per image, which on dial-up would be particularly painful. On average, Liquid Ladies images are about 600 kB each, which would take a little while to get through (something like two minutes!) The thumbnails are too small to substitute as full-size images for dial-up users.

I don't know how other pay sites work, but they all seem to offer large images these days and it must be pretty uncomfortable for dial-up users to get into wetlook at all.

The sites that use Gallery 2, though -- Squishy Shoes and Tub Queens for example -- have thumbnail, medium and (extra) large image sizes all automatically generated. Dial-up users can settle on medium for the most part, and open the large images for those shots that are particularly special (and since some of them are freakin' 8 MP or something -- three times the width of my monitor -- go and have a long soak in the bath in your jeans while the modem sits and thinks about downloading a copy).

Is everyone happy with sites the way they are?

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