Pictures on threads: Classic or Dud?

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Recently (ie the last few months at least) people have been very keen to post pictures on threads and there's been loads of image threads as well. Is anyone pissed off by them?

― Graham (graham), Sunday, 23 February 2003 00:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I can only imagine they must be a pain in the ass. I love them myself. Specially the one about torn down buildings. I have a problem downloading that one for some reason but otherwise Im fine. I figure Im using one of the older OS/Netscape/IE setups from home and not expirencing any problems on a 6 year old compuer.
If you want to cut down on the picture threads wthout removing them completely try removing the i shortcut.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Sunday, 23 February 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i like them

when ive been on modem connection and theres a lot, i stop the page, and then click show picture for the ones i want to see/havnet seen before

― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 23 February 2003 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)

if there are enough folks who are annoyed by them, maybe make it a feature for logins? to parse out image tags and spit out "[IMAGE]" or the ALT parameter instead?

I like ilxor images a lot, actually. As long as it doesn't become some hideous Livejournal thing where each post has an icon or whatever, which, Graham, I DOUBT you'd like or want anyway. ;)

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 23 February 2003 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

If it bothers you, why don't you turn images off? Compared to the rest of the Web ILX is remarkably image free.

― That Girl (thatgirl), Sunday, 23 February 2003 01:16 (twenty-two years ago)

True.. though on ILX specifically, there's a greater chance of non-work-safe pics popping up unexpectedly.... which is the other advantage with a ILXOR Show Images switch -- so that people in environments where non-work safe threads are risky can just flip the switch and not have to worry as much.

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 23 February 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

DB: I added that feature last week, and may extend to only hide them on unread messages. Since I'm on broadband, I don't mind them, although I think they can get in the way of proper posting and people are too keen to post them sometimes.

I started this thread to see if some people did mind them.

― Graham (graham), Sunday, 23 February 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Pictures on these threads is just wrong!
http://www.saav.org.za/monkey_clamp.jpg

― bibizek, Sunday, 23 February 2003 02:55 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.saav.org.za/monkey_clamp.jpg
Pictures on this thread are just wrong.

― bibzedct, Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:01 (twenty-two years ago)

They're okay, but I don't look at them, coz it takes so long to download pictures.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 23 February 2003 10:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Some of them are great. Some of them are tedious rehashes which stopped being interesting or funny long ago. All of them make threads a pain in the arse if there are too many, though.

― Mark C (Mark C), Sunday, 23 February 2003 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

If I were being demanding of the mighty Graham, I think it would be nice if the count against each message read like (40 new answers, 17 unread, 8 pics). The trouble is what that number means: 8 unseen? 8 out of the 17 unread? 8 out of the 40? This is even more relevant when the thread is big enough that your settings lead to only some of the messages showing - if the number is to represent how many images will load if you open the thread, it's even more to work out. I think it would be nice to know if a big thread did have 100s of images though.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 23 February 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Modem users should increase the size of their images caches to a fairly large size. This will mean that images downloaded once will stick around for future views. The default sizes set by most browsers are laughably low. Set it to at least 100Mb. It improves things no end.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 23 February 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

100mb is a lot! i increased my cache to a huge amount once and Explorer crashed whenever i tried to then clear it - had to remove everything from it manually which took a LONG time as there were about 30-40,000 files in there

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 23 February 2003 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never tried it with IE but it worked well with iCab and Omniweb.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 23 February 2003 14:11 (twenty-two years ago)

how do you get into the cache?

my temp internet files are set at 750mb, is this the same thing?

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 23 February 2003 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

its the same. iCab lets you set the cache differently for images and text which is one of its nice features.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 23 February 2003 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Does Omniweb have cache settings? I'm sure it used to. I've been looking for ages.

― Graham (graham), Sunday, 23 February 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The only image I don't want to see again is the B#2aK D^nc*i&$ Sp!d$r M$^

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 23 February 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I wonder what will happen next on this thread?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 23 February 2003 22:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I could see where they would be a problem for people with a slow internet connection or an older computer, but I think they are lovely. Seeing a nice picture thread from Erik or Fritz can be very heartening on a grey and gloomy day.

― Nicole (Nicole), Sunday, 23 February 2003 23:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd say classic, as I do derive a lot of enjoyment from some of the image threads. However, I also have a broadband connection, so they don't slow me down, much. It'd be nice to be able to turn them on or off, depending on personal preference. However, overall I think that they're an asset to this board and would be sad if they were forbidden. One solution might be to do it with mandatory thumbnails (introductions on FAQ or something) with links to larger sizes? But that might be far too much more work for Graham, who I think does one hell of an admirable job keeping all of this running.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 24 February 2003 06:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't realize they were causing a problem for people. Should I not do so many? Or clearly mark image threads in the thread title so they're easily avoided? should images only go on image threads?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I personally would ask people to do a better job of identifying picture threads in the thread title. I am at work in an open office.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, me too. I have pictures turned off as well and avoid picture threads.

― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I tend not to look at picture threads but I think people do a reasonably good job of identifying them as such.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

i like the pictures most of all at the moment. especially eriks pictures

― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

i like picture threads and occasionally start them

i like posting occasional pictures as part of any running conversation, it's something the interweb is good for

i think the interweb is full of pictures which are interesting, amusing, lovely, weird, scary etc

i think actually *regulating* ilx content so as not to make life hard for ppl when they are posting from work wd be a bit daft (if pictures appearing at work is genuinely risky for you, then, yes, turn pictures off)

i think clear identification is good, but it shd be an automatic symbol (bcz the thread-starter can't know when the thread will mutate);

actually i tht it was already an automatic symbol on some browsers (but not mine): is this not so?

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I second the digbeet pix.

I must confess that ever since I learned how to post pix, I've gone a bit crazy with my new skillz.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not bothered by the at-work thing: my mouse finger is fast enough.

By identification I don't mean thread drift - Mark is OTM that this is part of the fun, no need to regulate, but threads started purely to post pics should be identified as such, though of course *they* might mutate into prose.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

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