On 2011-02-17 14:01 , Brian Walters wrote:
4. Vertical images are a problem because anything over about 600 pixels high requires scrolling on a monitor with 1440 x 900 resolution
i don't know where those numbers come from -- maybe for some users with some browsers that have huge button bars or something; the worst case on my _1280x800_ laptop screen in Safari is about 665 pixels; i often turn off the bookmarks & status bars, which gives me 730, and the full screen extension i use in Safari gives me 775 (though i do 98% of my web viewing on a larger display)
i think a good option would be the venerable "click for full size" approach, which offers a lowest common denominator size by default, and a larger size for close viewing; as David Parsons notes, the simplest way to do this is to send the "naked" image, which does _not_ carry the complexity penalty that Bruce Walker describes
also, allowing a larger size for submissions somewhat future-proofs it, even if smaller sizes are presented, since the presentation can be easily reworked, but the stored images cannot; to that end i would allow submissions as large as is sustainable and have the site software auto-scale them to whatever presentation size you currently prefer
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