Why should EVERYONE be subjected to viewing images in large formats like 1024X768? If I want to see a larger version of a picture that's posted, I'll click it and let a new window launch. It's win win. Good game.

 

First off 1024 is hardly a large format nor is it "subjecting" anyone to some kind of outrageous level of pain.

Secondly the resize code in the site is something that could very easily be made available as an option in a user's profile (something I suggested earlier in the thread I believe).

This is a usability feature and the reason people are asking about it (those that might care and feel like asking) is simply because the process of having to click images to open new windows is not user friendly for everyone (not as user friendly as if those images were simply displayed larger in the page).

The best option, if it's something the site admin/coder was willing to add, would simply be a user profile setting that configures the optional maximum display size for the embedded image and that value would be pulled from the users settings like other profile options are.

If everyone agree's that it's 1) cannot be accomplished 2) not worth caring about or 3) whatever, then fine. But saying it's just the way it is seems a bit dismissive since it's pretty much all the time we have to click images and open new windows when it might not always be necessary. It also makes it harder to compare before/after shots that are quite often embedded in these pages.

Just my $200 worth

 

1024x768 is not large, my camera takes photo in 3888x2592 lol

 

Didn't really see your post earlier. Actually the site is loading the larger images and resizing dynamically, so it's not a bandwidth reduction function. Just fyi.

 

any update? or way to turn this off? or plans to do so?

i see you all are running google analytics.
please check how many of your users really run 800x600 resolution
im willing to bet that its under 10%- and declining as more and more upgrade
is what you're doing fair to the other 90%?
i also think it's only discouraging traffic; people don't browse the internet looking for sites with low res pics. jmho though...

 

No.

If you click on a picture it will open up to its full resolution.

 

Translation: We don't want to listen or change.

This is one of the reasons I rarely visit this site anymore. It's this kind of attitude towards your members that is a complete and total turn off.

It's also why I changed my plans on contributing as a premier member.

 

I am for removing that script also. Clicking on just about every photo gets old

 

agreed

 

Its a mutiny!!

 

I run dual monitors at 1600 x 1200 and I still dont like the image to be full size when loading.

 

G35Driver.com does not do this and I like it that way so much better...

 

change the script!! drives me nuts too.. 1920x1200 resolution here.. 800 is not even half of my screen

 

We need to make it smaller. I say go with 400X300. The pics are way to big... lol

 

just bumped the size..