Re: Gold in them thare hills indeed


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Posted by Jock on June 20, 2006 at 13:38:59 from 81.76.86.2 user Jock.

In Reply to: Re: Gold in them thare hills indeed posted by PeterH on June 20, 2006 at 12:58:47:

Jock is a serial 'linker' - what's his view (if he wishes to express one) on 'importing v. linking' ??

Thanks Peter, we should really defer to Ian E-N on this one. But, as not having the faintest idea about something has never stopped me pontificating on Tarboard here goes.

I believe that all images that appear in Tarboard messages are linked rather than imported. My understanding is that - regardless of whether we write a little HTML code hyperlink within the text of our message or use the Tarboard autolink facility - the image is retrieved by your computer directly from its host without imposing a load on the Tarboard server.

However, if someone has a slow Internet connection, their browser's attempt to access a really large file can create a logjam and their computer will appear to stall. (It's not stuck. You just have to go away and make yourself a dozen cups of tea.)

So its a good idea to render your photo, scanned image or whatever, down to about 20-30k so that it will appear reasonably promptly, even if the receiving computer is on a slow Internet connection. Posting links (regardless of which methods you use) to very large graphics file will mean bad news for other Tarboarders when they try to access them.

Programs to do the rendering are very easy to use and very affordable. I use Graphic Converter from Lemke Software on my Mac. Windows users will be able to advise what you should use on PSs.


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