--- wino@piments.com wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:29:07 +0200, Oliver Stieber oliver_stieber@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I would have thought anyone capable of taking a screen shot is capable of resizing an image.
Well, I wasn't aware that the reason the db didn't accept my screen shot was because it was a PNG and not a JPEG.
From experience I've had with people sending in images
(including myself) to web sites I wouldn't expect the person who took the screen shot to be able to do anything else.
Just displaying a page saying that the upload is too big doesn't help with the bandwith, unless upload is canceled as soon as it gets too big. I think it's probably enough to give most people an idea about why it's failed though.
Oliver.
Just say what size you want in px (and a max file just in case) and suggest users try to upload a suitable size if poss.
It's all very slick if it works but still wastes bandwidth if the server is going to reduce it and loses quality if it is going to expand it.
There's also a good chance that person who submits will produce a better end-result than the server in terms of quality.
I have seen some screenshots in the DB that were so poor you could hardly make them out.
Say what you want: them as don't ask, don't get.
;)
Would it be possible to offer the option of using imagemagic to resize/format the uploaded images?
--- Jonathan Ernst Jonathan@ErnstFamily.ch
wrote:
If we are able to bump the size, we should still
not
accept images that are too big (>1MB for example) but instead
present
the user with a message that explains that the picture would be
much
smaller using jpeg for example.
So the scheme is:
- let the server accept big files
- check the received size
- if the picture is too big, delete it and tell
the
user to save it as jpeg for example
Having heavy images will slow down screenshot displaying.
Le vendredi 08 juillet 2005 à 11:47 -0400, Chris Morgan a écrit :
Why don't we just bump the max size up a bit?
Jeremy, is that ok from
a disk space perspective?
Chris
On 7/8/05, Jonathan Ernst
Jonathan@ernstfamily.ch wrote:
Yes I know about it.
The problem is that the file is bigger than
the
maximum allowed by the
server.
I'll try my best to find a solution (I
already
tried but it doesn't work
on the live server).
Please use jpeg when uploading game-like
screenshots and png for "text
and lines" screenshots. This rule makes
screenshots small enough
usually.
Thanks.
Le jeudi 07 juillet 2005 à 21:00 -0400, Chris
Morgan a écrit :
I've seen these errors as well. I'm not
sure
about the root cause. Jon, any
ideas?
Chris
On Thursday 07 July 2005 7:48 pm, Oliver
Stieber wrote:
> Hi, > The application DB won't let me upload a
screen shot,
> I get 'connection to host was lost' or
'page
contains
> no data'. > > > > > > > >
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