Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Sorry Ann, didn't mean to offend. But even a change to the 100K number > you cite would be helpful. 75K is an artifact of the days of 300 baud > modems. It's not even in keeping with the capability of current dial-up > modems. > Paul
Thanks, Paul apology most certainly accepted - sure 100k is fine even with my old 'puter, I was thinking more of the times I tried to download 500k - I felt bad I couldn't see some stuff to comment on it. OTOH - hey, my dumb old computer can be useful for excuses for not commenting! ha! always room for good exucses :) :) Best, Ann > On Jun 20, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> > >> I was going to comment on the size restriction as well, but decided > >> not > >> to stir the pot. But since you bring it up: yes it is a problem. It's > >> very difficult to prepare an acceptable image at less than 75K. I find > >> that I have to strip the metadata, so I do a save for web. But at 600 > >> pixels or less on the long side, it's hard to provide an image that > >> viewers can actually see. These limits are an historic artifact from > >> the early days of the list and PUG. It's really time to change them. > >> But every time that has been suggested, it seems there was an outcry > >> of > >> unfair to dialup users. Perhaps dial-up is virtually dead, and we can > >> mover forward > >> On Jun 20, 2006, at 9:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> > > What, Paul, you too? > > > > Dial-up is NOT dead by a long shot. > > I can't even get anything else in my neighborhood right > > now even if i could afford it.... and I can't. > > > > As it is, I can't see half the stuff you guys post to the > > list to look at because it > > takes so long to load and it slows down the system trying. > > > > I wish I could have faster access - it takes me too long to > > list things on ebay, too > > long to do everything, but what part of some of us don't > > have the bucks don't you > > guys understand?? > > > > IT really is very hurtful > > > > ann > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
