The problem is that the FlashMedia presentation requires about 915
pixels vertically to display fully, and doesn't allow scrolling.
Presenting picture pages that you need to scroll to see is a bad user
experience and something i usually don't spend time trying to work
through.
I do like the automated slideshow presentation. That can be
effective. I've seen several done nicely using simple DHTML (dynamic
HTML) that work nicely.
... I wish people would post their pics in
a more "universal" manner. ...
There's a fine line between presenting photos that can be seen on
almost any screen vs catering to folks who have large displays and
can see higher resolution/larger renderings easily. I use simple HTML
(written by hand) and define a box approximately 624 pixels wide by
530 pixels tall that I size my photos to fit within. This allows a
reasonable presentation on screens as small as 600x800 pixels in
size, works "ok" for 768x1024 and isn't too small to appreciate on
the 20" monitor I normally use, with 1050x1680 resolution setting.
For some pictures, however, a larger display size is needed to fully
appreciate them. For those, I sometimes create a "half-rez" rendering
of the photo that just fits without scrolling into a browser window
on my screen, with all other browser window controls turned off.
Whatever standard settings you use, it is a compromise between
presenting something that looks good enough and satisfying the people
you're most interested to share the work with. What I am curious
about is whether any of the folks on this list have difficulties
viewing the pages I present.
Godfrey
On Aug 8, 2005, at 8:10 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
It's probably a lot better to use simple HTML code rather than all
this
fancy stuff to present something as simple as a photo. There are
just too
many cross-platform incompatibilities. Plus, with dial-up
connections and
the way different browsers handle things, simpler seems like a better
alternative. There are postings by some list members that I no longer
bother to look at because they take forever to load and, when they
finally
do, there's a matter of seeing the entire image because of the need to
scroll or change browser settings. I wish people would post their
pics in
a more "universal" manner.
