** Attachment added: "ScaledPhotograph.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27244087/ScaledPhotograph.png
** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 + Summary: when using Menu -> View -> Zoom -> Zoom In/Out, images on web page are also rescaled. the images are obviously not rescaled using nearest neighborhood algorithm, but the image has less quality than image rescaled by gimp using linear algorithm. see http://hafik.zuban.name/public/ff/ I don't know which algorithm is used, but linear would be sufficient. firefox version: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009030422 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.7 + + Steps to reproduce: + 1. Open the following URL: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27243866/road.jpg + 2. Select menu: View -> Zoom -> Zoom In + + Expected result: + The image is scaled up. + + Actual result: + The images is distorted when scaled up: the white and yellow markings on the road in the photograph show the distortion clearly. The following screenshot has some areas of distortion highlighted: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27244087/ScaledPhotograph.png + + Resources: + 1. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27243866/road.jpg / Test photograph + 2. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27244087/ScaledPhotograph.png / Screenshot of the photograph in [1] scaled up by Firefox with distortions highlighted in red ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun May 10 10:59:10 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686 -- poor image quality rescaling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374404 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
