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Hi LEP - I think I might first do a general diary about visuals, with a poll, to assess opions out there. I don't think anyone would dispute that visuals add a lot to ET - and, as afew pointed out, we don't want to lose that. My own feeling is that some attention paid to visuals,  whether by photoblogging or whatever, will increase the use of visuals on ET.

It is easy to post visuals, including video - once you know how, and are not afraid of making mistakes. But it is not always a fear of technical competence and knowledge that deters people from contributing visuals. Sometimes text is too easy, and we can all be lazy. Sometimes it is a feeling that pictures don't make a point - they are not part of the argument. To me, they are. eg Laurent's fabulous nature pictures are surely part of what we are arging about here? A better life, more responsibility, more caring, more passion etc etc.

And pictures of and by EstHer are another good reminder of why we need to argue about them.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Sep 6th, 2007 at 08:14:23 AM EST
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You know, I agree with you that it would be nice to post our photos without any more reduction-say around 350kb.
So perhaps you could take a poll to ascertain how many on ET are stuck with dialup. ( I didn't see anything in the users' guide re:  poll taking.)
I would then be very pleased if you and In Wales and afew and TBG and migeru and whoever else wanted to join in would formulate any necessary technical guidelines. That stuff is way beyond my competence. It's already quite an achievement for me to copy and paste on the computer.

tb

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Thu Sep 6th, 2007 at 08:52:32 AM EST
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