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Comments that are a direct reply/post off the main diary are the ones we are talking about. I don't think we've actually discussed how big the photo in the diary itself should be.

It's probably not such a good idea to post photos in comments replying to other comments, otherwise we'll risk doing horrible things to people's browser windows.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 05:41:15 AM EST
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I think posting photos in reply to other photos would be an interesting experiment  in visual conversation.

Oye, vatos, dees English sink todos mi ships, chinga sus madres, so escuche: el fleet es ahora refloated, OK? — The War Nerd
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 06:24:27 AM EST
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Interesting idea that could lead to a strange storyboard.

All could be posted as top-level comments - chronological display would retain the timeline.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 06:27:46 AM EST
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Set your comment preferences for the thread to "Flat Unthreaded" and "Rate" to "No" to obtain a chronological listing of comments.

Oye, vatos, dees English sink todos mi ships, chinga sus madres, so escuche: el fleet es ahora refloated, OK? — The War Nerd
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 01:57:05 PM EST
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I don't think we've actually discussed how big the photo in the diary itself should be.

that is exactly my point. LEP's picture on Wednesday was very pretty, but it was the one that burst the frame for me. so if we are talking about limitations in comments we should also mention limitations in the main body.

But the limits are different, as there is more space in a comment (I think) - it is about this I think, what are the space limitations? for a comment it is 400-500, or?. Is that to much for the diary main body?

by PeWi on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 08:29:07 AM EST
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Ah good point.  

I guess we should apply the same idea to the diary then but perhaps allow for a little more ie 800 pixels width and no more than 150kb size?  

Or for simplicity stick with 600 pixels width and 100kb max file size, throughout?

(not sure how big LEP's first picture was)

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 09:04:02 AM EST
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Now I wonder if that actually answered your question or not?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 09:05:23 AM EST
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No, the limit for the diary should be less, not more! The diary is narrower, a wide picture blows the frame first there. More in my soon-to-be-posted top-level comment.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 05:28:57 PM EST
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That depends on the depth of the comments, because of indentation. It is true that top-level comments are wider than the diary body.

Oye, vatos, dees English sink todos mi ships, chinga sus madres, so escuche: el fleet es ahora refloated, OK? — The War Nerd
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 05:34:30 PM EST
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I have learned how to resize the photo from 800 to 640px. That should not change the margins more than very slightly. Like this:



Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 09:06:49 AM EST
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And it's only 22kb; that's frugal.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 09:13:27 AM EST
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And a lovely picture it is too. Quality doesn't seem to be too much diminished as far as I can tell.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 09:23:52 AM EST
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Here's the offending photo resized to 640px and 56kb.

It's OK but not as impressive as the 800px, 329mb version.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 10:04:53 AM EST
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329MEGABYTE????

(-:

by PeWi on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 10:07:07 AM EST
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Sorry, 329kb.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 10:13:09 AM EST
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of course, just teasing (-:
by PeWi on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 10:19:06 AM EST
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See below.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 10:27:24 AM EST
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...and this time it blew up my screen because it is in a deeply indented comment....

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 05:57:08 PM EST
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That's very frugal. Quality does suffer at that size. Produces an interesting effect in the sky, though.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 10:32:04 AM EST
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well if the 600 fits in the header as well (and afews comment further down seems to indicate that) then that answers my question and header and comment have the same size limitations, namely 600.

(And the 640 does break the window on my screen on my work computer here.)

but only 22, thumbs up for that (-:

by PeWi on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 09:22:41 AM EST
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a it only broke it when, I replied to your post, so it is in fact negligible.
by PeWi on Fri Sep 7th, 2007 at 09:25:04 AM EST
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