This is what it looks like to me, of course rotated. Showing the banner covering the topics. The phone is held properly and took a shot with a pocket camera holding the camera rotated to orient it for full page view shot. Upon uploading to my computer I rotated it to display correctly but on Pennock's the image is rotated like the camera was and no rotating the file on my computer before uploading it will change the orientation of the image.
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I've noticed a delay in the edit button, it seems to appear a few minutes after posting...
I'm glad that someone other than me has noticed a new oddity with the EDIT button.
After logging in, I was actually trying to edit something that I had posted a couple days earlier... and I was rather surprised to discover that the EDIT button didn't exist. It wasn't until I then made This post that the EDIT button for any of my posts finally appeared.
Maybe it makes a difference now (due to recent changes) where and/or how we log in, as there are various ways to do it.
Cliff, I ran into a couple of situations....One is the positioning of the pics when you put the post up; I have solved that by locating the cursor before I load the pics, or if it is out of place after posting I can just grab them (In edit) and move them.
The other situation is just a bit frustrating; When I am posting for the first time and try t o load pics, it comes back with "You must be logged on to post pics; Solved it by posting, then "Edit" and loading the pics.
It is still much better than having to ask someone to post my pics.......(Here is a pic of the type of computer I fixed at Atari back in 1982 (But I can't program to save my life!)
Cliff, I ran into a couple of situations....One is the positioning of the pics when you put the post up; I have solved that by locating the cursor before I load the pics, or if it is out of place after posting I can just grab them (In edit) and move them.
Yes, it inserts the picture at the cursor position.
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The other situation is just a bit frustrating; When I am posting for the first time and try t o load pics, it comes back with "You must be logged on to post pics; Solved it by posting, then "Edit" and loading the pics.
Yes, you need to be logged in because all images are stored in you own private album. But once you have posted a message (or logged in through the main forum page) you should stay logged in for a year or so. If you are not logged in the next time you visit PFF, then there's something odd going on with your cookies (maybe you block them?).
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It is still much better than having to ask someone to post my pics.......(Here is a pic of the type of computer I fixed at Atari back in 1982 (But I can't program to save my life!)
Those Ataris are probably the coolest computers I've *ever* programmed. In those days, I used to be a freelance programmer for Atari. I've owned an Atari 800 (lend it to someone one day and never saw it back), Atari 800XL (same story, never got it back) and I still own an Atari 512 ST.
Awesome! Great job Cliff! Thanks. Test from iPad 4.
Another upside down image. 😄
I'm not entirely sure why that happens, but I guess it's because the images are shown how they are stored in the file. Especially with mobile phones, you can take picture upside down but because the phone also stores camera orientation in the file, viewers can automatically rotate the image.
I'm not entirely sure why that happens, but I guess it's because the images are shown how they are stored in the file. Especially with mobile phones, you can take picture upside down but because the phone also stores camera orientation in the file, viewers can automatically rotate the image.
This makes sense. I took the pic upside down and rotated it afterwards.
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Believe me Cliff, I'm not asking for myself... but is there a way for you to add an image rotation feature for those that require it?
It's great that images can now be uploaded directly from phones, but I'm sure none of us wish to see a flood of upside down and sideways posted pictures at PFF.
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Cliff- When I worked at Atari down in San Jose, there was a problem that started coming up (Let's call it the T1 Failure) So I happened to notice that every computer with that failure code had a Sansui main chip, while most of the others had Rockwell main chips...I went and grabbed a tube of Rockwell chips and would replace it on those with that code- after 2 weeks I hadn't seen one come back from oven testing, so I told the other troubleshooters.
Two months later, the head technician came down from his lab and came to me, asking if I was "The one who came up with the chip-fix for the T1 failure" I stated "Yes- I was right, wasn't I?" "Oh yes, there is a tolerance difference between the two chips- we are talking to Sansui about correcting it. What kind of testing did you do to figure this out?" "I just noticed the difference in manufacturer..." He had spent TWO months in his lab trying to figure out what was wrong with his O-scope and meters, etc......He wanted to pull his hair out when he realized I had fixed it in 2 weeks!
(I had just got out of the Navy; They haven't time to do a bunch of troubleshooting- find which major part is bad, swap it and get the plane back up quickly!)
Cliff, I've got a question for you. When I posted the following image (using PIP) back in October Here, it displayed full-size... 1024x1385. The file size is 251 kb.
Why is it now being shrunk way way down (both here and in the original thread)?
Originally posted by Patrick: Why is it now being shrunk way way down (both here and in the original thread)?
They are not. They are still the same size only shrunk down on screen so people don't have to scroll that much (if at all) to view the image. Scrolling horizontally and/or vertically just to view a photo was one of the annoyances of a lot of people.
Right click the image and choose "View Image". You will see the image is still the same size as before. Perhaps I'll build in some kind of zoom feature so you can easily view the image in it's "original" size (images above a certain size will always be downsized physically).
This will make everyone lives SO much easier to post a photo now.
A nice side benefit is there will no longer be the clutter of the hundreds and hundreds of posts saying "How do I upload a photo" "PIP Does not work", "How do I post an image from my phone", "Can someone post a picture for me if I email it to you"
Scrolling horizontally and/or vertically just to view a photo was one of the annoyances of a lot of people.
Overly wide images completely destroy the formatting of all the posts in a thread, and I therefore agree 1000% that scrolling back and forth horizontally in order to read any of the posts in that thread is very annoying. However, scrolling down vertically to view a long image never seemed to be an issue IMO, especially since a long/high image has absolutely no effect on any other posts in the thread.
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Right click the image and choose "View Image". You will see the image is still the same size as before.
Not sure what platform has that option, but it doesn't exist in Win7. However, if the image is downloaded (Right click, "Save image as..."), I can see that the file size and original dimensions (unless HUGE) have indeed now been retained. It would obviously be a heckuva nuisance though to be required to download any image taken/posted in portrait mode in order to view it at a decent size.
Honestly, I felt that the maximum image width for posting/viewing allowed by PIP (1024 pixels), with no height limit, was an excellent compromise!
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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
Perhaps I'll build in some kind of zoom feature so you can easily view the image in it's "original" size (images above a certain size will always be downsized physically).
That would definitely be worth a shot.
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Not sure what platform has that option, but it doesn't exist in Win7.
That's not platform dependent. It exists in your browser.
Firefox: Right click -> View Image Chrome: Right click -> Open image in new tab Internet Explorer: Not possible (no surprises there) Edge: Right click => Share picture => (Insert listed photo viewer here)
You can also drag and drop the photo on another browser window or tab, or drag and drop it to your favorite photo viewer.
That's not platform dependent. It exists in your browser.
Chrome: Right click -> Open image in new tab
...and then Left click on image in new tab to see full size.
I'd still prefer to view long images (with a maximum width of 1024 pixels) within the thread without all the extra steps required (especially for multiple images), but what you suggested does work. Thanks Cliff.
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Sorry, totally not Fiero related, but wanted to test posting a picture for the very first time directly from my phone!
EDIT: Well that didn't work out so well. I just tried uploading a recent photo from my gallery on my phone.
I was able to take a screen capture of the ertor, and then crop it, so the image would be small enough to post this at least LOL Most smartphones in the past two to three years take photos that are larger than what is allowed. I'm using a Galaxy S9 plus which is 3 years old now.
I'm guessing we're going to need an app on our phones that we can resize the images first, before trying to upload them here?
The way the Forum looks on my phone now is amazing! Nice large easy to press buttons and easy to read text. The ghost arrows on the right when you begin to scroll are also amazing for jumping to the top and the bottom of the page. Very very nice job!
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I'm guessing we're going to need an app on our phones that we can resize the images first, before trying to upload them here?
Or I can just increase the size...
I'm still fine tuning. What size are your images? My phone takes super highres images, but they are usually under 3MB. Which is the reason I thought 5MB would be enough.
I’m having trouble trying to use my Galaxy S8. It worked great the first several times I tried, which was right after Cliff announced the new features.
Today it’s a struggle to even log in, much less post photos. Holding my phone vertically, the keyboard won’t stay open when I try to enter my credentials. Turning the phone to landscape works, but then when I try to post a photo I get a message that I’m not logged in. After trying multiple times, I then got a message that my username isn’t registered with the site.
I cleared my browsing history, restarted my phone and even emptied my mind of negative thoughts, but it still won’t work, so I’m using my iPad now.
As above the disappearing keyboard when entering login details.
If you type the message ignoring login keyboard issue, the login box can then be filled without keyboard disappearance once the main message area has some text.
As you can see from my previous post, it works. The keyboard no longer disappears when I try to log in.
When I tried to post an image, the first photo would not post in spite of several attempts. I finally selected a couple others and they worked.
When I tried to post this info in a separate comment, I didn't get the option to submit reply because the header was in the way. I’m posting this via my iPad.
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First of all, you are seeing the desktop version of PFF, not the mobile version... So the header you are seeing is in fact the page you are replying to.
What's causing the problem is that for some reason, your message area is much bigger than it is supposed to be, covering up all buttons. I will try to recreate the problem on my end (and hopefully fix it).
Do you perhaps have setup your phone so it displays input fields bigger than usual?
I didn't realize I'd switched to the desktop version. I switched back and the disappearing keyboard issue returned.
I typed this on my phone, but couldn't post it because the input field is too big so I switched to my iPad. I tried shrinking my phone screen as far as it would go but no luck.
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