In this 'recent' discussion about graphics, Gene is the first to point out the issue of bandwidth and/or download limits.
People need to remember that Legacy is an international product AND there are users all around the world - many don't have access to unlimited reasonably access! And I'm speaking from experience here - living in country Victoria in Australia. Think of others. No-one would dispute the value of images when explaining things but I would dispute the value of open-slather on this list. If you want why not put your images on the Legacy Facebook page and include a link to, but don't exclude the rest of the users from this list! Regards ... Susie Z -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Young Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2017 6:09 AM To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Graphics being posted to the list On 5/8/2017 1:51 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote: > It seems that there are people who would like to have the ability to add embedded images to posts, and possibly some who are against that (although that might not be the case). Since the membership of the list is not what it once was, maybe the ones who make the rules would be open to putting it to a vote of the remaining members?? Is it possible to get a virus from an embedded image? I don't know the answer to that, but I know a lot of forums allow that, so I doubt it's a problem. Who would like to have a vote? If that's acceptable, count me in for allowing it. If not, I'll abide by the rules. embedded images are sent with the email as attachments, so yes, they can easily send viruses. Some people have limited bandwidth due to various reasons; financial, locality & availability of cable service. It is not fair to hammer their limited access. It is a simple matter to post your image to a reputable hosting site and post the link. Every body benefits and no one suffers. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
