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C1REX l33t
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 774 Location: Poland/UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:06 am Post subject: Why I cant post screenshots? |
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I understand no uploading to forum server bit why there is no option to use external forum picture hosting services? _________________ CLICK HERE to help move gentoo up on distrowatch.
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Hu Administrator
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 22624
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:23 am Post subject: |
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Why do you think you cannot use an external host? You can use the url tag to link to off-site resources.
Note that some users will react negatively to screenshots of text. Screenshots of actual graphic windows are fine. Terminals should have their text copied and posted inline. |
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C1REX l33t
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:43 am Post subject: |
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How do I do that?
I tried Code: | [img]link to img[/img] | but couldn't post screenshots. _________________ CLICK HERE to help move gentoo up on distrowatch.
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Ionen Developer
Joined: 06 Dec 2018 Posts: 2851
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Code: | [url=https://.../image.png]see this image link[/url] |
I don't believe there's a particular need for it to be displayed on these forums, interested users will click. |
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C1REX l33t
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 774 Location: Poland/UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:20 am Post subject: |
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Ionen wrote: | Code: | [url=https://.../image.png]see this image link[/url] |
I don't believe there's a particular need for it to be displayed on these forums, interested users will click. |
At least one user had a need to post a screenshot and couldn't :) _________________ CLICK HERE to help move gentoo up on distrowatch.
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Chiitoo Administrator
Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 2728 Location: Here and Away Again
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:51 pm Post subject: ><)))°€ |
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There simply has not been a feeling of need to have them displayed here directly, since, like mentioned, interested parties can follow the URLs instead.
I personally feel displaying images inline clutters threads unnecessarily, and if I were to show them here at all, I'd probably still resize them to something rather small, so one might still need to click them to really view them (my personal opinion, not that of the whole admin/mod team).
I'd still probably rather not enable them at all though. _________________ Kindest of regardses. |
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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krinn Watchman
Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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To end with threads full of "this image doesn't exist" or little poney pictures? |
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C1REX l33t
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 774 Location: Poland/UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Why not giving an option?
Most hosting sites generate links with small thumbnail anyway.
Broken links to pics aren't any less annoying if it's just a link.
There would be very few instances where ot would be useful but it these cases it would simply help. Otherwise it wouldn't affect anybody anyway.
It's as simple as re enabling img code. _________________ CLICK HERE to help move gentoo up on distrowatch.
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Jaglover Watchman
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Hu wrote: | Note that some users will react negatively to screenshots of text. Screenshots of actual graphic windows are fine. Terminals should have their text copied and posted inline. |
This is why, this option would be abused immediately. _________________ My Gentoo installation notes.
Please learn how to denote units correctly! |
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389292 Guru
Joined: 26 Mar 2019 Posts: 504
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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We don't have stickers or down-voting either.. not a big loss IMO, I like how it was in 2004. |
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C1REX l33t
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 774 Location: Poland/UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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How do you guys know what random people will like or will abuse or if it will be good or bad for the enjoyment of using the forum and gentoo in general? _________________ CLICK HERE to help move gentoo up on distrowatch.
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Jaglover Watchman
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Muso Veteran
Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 1052 Location: The Holy city of Honolulu
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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The moderators have a hard enough time cleaning up spam posts, if img tags were enabled they'd have to spend even more time getting rid of dodgy "adult" images some would spam across the forums.
If you need to link a screenshot, just host it on a 3rd party website and use the url tags to link it in your post. That's how it has always been done here. _________________ "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" ~ Dorothy Parker
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54577 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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C1REX,
We all hate copy typing from an image that could have been posted as text.
Copy typing is prone to errors, so images should be discouraged. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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Ant P. Watchman
Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 6920
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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The forums are currently 100% accessible from a minimal livecd, which doesn't have a GUI. It would be preferable to keep it that way. |
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C1REX l33t
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 774 Location: Poland/UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Good arguments I didn't expect.
I've got the point.
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pjp Administrator
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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C1REX wrote: | How do you guys know what random people will like or will abuse or if it will be good or bad for the enjoyment of using the forum and gentoo in general? | The feature was once enabled and was subsequently disabled.
However, search was not disabled and still works to a degree.
Problem with images in the sigs _________________ Quis separabit? Quo animo? |
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ff11 l33t
Joined: 10 Mar 2014 Posts: 664
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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And about the use of ascii art?
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Zucca Moderator
Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 3688 Location: Rasi, Finland
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: ><)))°€ |
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Chiitoo wrote: | I personally feel displaying images inline clutters threads unnecessarily | ++ _________________ ..: Zucca :..
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