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Forum section: electronics / general

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2019, 10:59:15 am
content: Firstly, whenever I've made Posts that contain Images I would like to show, I use the following....As in the example above, using the "Insert-Image" Icondepicted?? I always, (so far!) use the'imgur.com' site to 'store' photos, so as not to load up Forum space?....OTHER peoples Posts often show a series of photo ICONS, that can be clicked onI NEVER intend to offend anyone, but usually do... as in my recent 'Tongue-In-Cheek' post about thenumerous Countries that participate here, and am impressed with their English. Being the 'different'one that I am, I light-heartedly showed some of our differences..... Virtually EVERYONE 'got-it', and hadanswered in jest & friendliness...... until Dave shut it down..........I know he's the 'boss'..., but did he have such a bad day that 'belittling' people was necessary ??People WERE enjoying it Dave... and we need to make time in life to "Smell The Roses"Maybe he could have explained a 'better' way to add such info into a 'Post', OR!... maybe decided to notsay anything then, as people were happy, and didn't need to be bullied like that............

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2019, 11:33:36 am
content: You could argue it was arbitrary and capricious but I wouldn't take it personally.OTOH I am not a fan of graphics and even when I insert a Youtube video I had to find a workaround so the board does not automatically show the video screen.I prefer text and then thumbnails to schematics and documents. But that's just me.Again. Don't take it personally.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2019, 04:42:40 pm
content: Well, you were stretching the limits of the "General Chat" category anyway (as others do, at times). The short description of that category says:QuoteThe many pictures made the post grab a lot of screen real estate and attention. Having to scroll past several screens full of pictures to see what is next can be annoying, no matter what the topic is. Combined with the decidedly non-electronics related topic, Dave apparently thought that this one was taking us too far off course. As soldar said, don't take it personally.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2019, 08:12:10 pm
content: You can try again and say adiverseelectrical engineering forum.It is diverse in all area of electronics.edit:Oops I mean to also discuss it in relation to electronics without the graphics and pictures that I scrolled pass as well.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2019, 08:40:24 pm
content: Me fail English often (and even Finnish occasionally), so I think I know what you mean, GlennSprigg.Perhaps a thread of positive experiences in collaboration across all sorts of perceived borders -- maybe helping a grandkid, a neigbor, a coworkers cousin, someone over the intertubes -- to show that people here welcome everyone interested in electronics, regardless of their personal details (gender, age, country, culture, etc.), would work better?I don't recall anything special myself right now, as I mostly collaborate over the net (which I have absolutely all over the world, and have enjoyed it every single time). My own personal quirk is that when I help someone solve a problem, I often ask them to pass it forwards: to help someone else in turn, when they feel sufficiently knowledgeable in the subject. You know, to pay it forwards. I don't do it to be generous, it is completely selfish from me: it tickles me pink to think about what they in turn will build, stuff I could not have even imagined.Especially when solving problems, or working on a creative task, I've always found that the wider the distribution of viewpoints is (but still overlapping enough for exchange of ideas to be effective), the more interesting the solutions and results are.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2019, 08:44:49 pm
content: The post was off topic, and complaining about moderator action is even more off topic.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2019, 09:42:41 pm
content: Quote from: Ampera on June 09, 2019, 08:44:49 pmI find this post not helpful. If you have a problem with a post I think it is better to report it to the moderators and let them deal with it. There is no point in creating confrontation.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2019, 10:28:38 am
content: QuoteDidn't see the thread, but if you filled it with images from offsite I'd've been annoyed enough to skip it whatever subject it is.The forum is very capable of storing and displaying images. The advantages are that the images don't disappear when the offsite storage does, and you don't have to download megabytes of the same stuff every time you view the page (and let that be a warning to those that embed forum-stored images in the body text too).

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 10, 2019, 11:15:35 am
content: Whenever you post a thread that has no direct relevance to electronics, you are opening yourself up to action by the powers that be.I did read the thread concerned - and noted it was a series of images. A series that went on..... and on..... and on..... and on..... and on..... and on..... and on. I believe it was this excess - and it was absolutely over-the-top - that caused it to attract some negative attention.Also, please note that for those on slow internet and/or with a data cap, clicking on that thread would cause them pain.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 10, 2019, 11:24:04 am
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on June 09, 2019, 10:59:15 amYou posted:a) An off-topic threadb) A thread with the hot button word of today "Diversity" in the title (people may just read the title and go "oh, not the diversity crap on this forum too...")c) 5 or 6pagesof inline cartoon images to scroll throughhttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/we-are-an-ethically-diverse-mob-here-!!!!!!-)/I'm trying to encourage people not to start off-topic threads, let alone ones with tones of inline images in it.If I left it and even if stays nice and civil and fun etc, it's not a good look for first time people to this forum who will likely see it at the top of the general chat list. Thinking this is somehow one of those "anything goes" forums, opposite of what it's known and popular for which is good on-topic contents. Locking the thread stops this spread without pissing off people who contributed if I had deleted it.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2019, 11:27:59 am
content: Thank you (seriously) for answering, Dave. I 'get' it that the 'images' WERE getting too much !!Though my question here in this post was also about how tobetter-includeimages, even when on-topic?(As in the often series of 'Icons' that depict Images, that can be clicked on, and how/were they are best stored ??)And I know some people don't like 'off-topic' posts, but maybe there could be a 'Topic' called 'Off-Topic' hahaha......I mean... "Post a picture of a cat" (amongst many others!) has 20 pages of contributions, & 63000 readsI like the technical stuff too of course, but in the time I have left on this Earth now, I tend to make 'light' of things!Have a nice day.... Glenn

author: StillTrying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2019, 12:42:10 pm
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on June 11, 2019, 11:27:59 amAdd them as an attachment to your post ? They automatically become a clickable thumbnail, which is useful because you can click it back into a thumbnail after you've had a look. If they not too large you can edit them into the text, searching for inline images or similar will find some threads on it.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 12, 2019, 03:47:30 am
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on June 11, 2019, 11:27:59 amThe forum now detects IMGUR links and puts them in a window, like this by pasting the link: "https : //imgur.com/mqEviFq"In this case it's a large image, but the plugin puts a smaller image inline in the forum. When I hover my mouse of it my Imagus browser plugin automatically show it full size, or you can click on it.4 steps:Copy your image CTRL-CGoto imgur.com and CTRL-V pasteClick the "Copy Link" buttonCTRL-V the link in your post

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2019, 04:56:27 am
content: Buying a Tesla are we

author: MarkF
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2019, 05:09:41 am
content: Three issues that I have with pictures are:Pictures hosted on other sites save forum space. But, they tend todisappearin time.I've seen topics that are say over a year old and the linked pictures, schematics, etc. are gone.Very large in-line pictures are very annoying to scroll through.I would much prefer pictures to be attached and the "Insert Image" tag setting a modest height.Where the picture and/or the thumbnail can be clicked to see the larger version. See below.And my pet peeve, pictures that need rotated or cropped.I don't need to see a picture that is 50% white and the content up in a corner.over.Code:[img height=400] url

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 12, 2019, 12:01:59 pm
content: Quote from: Psi on June 12, 2019, 04:56:27 amTrolling on Twitter

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2019, 12:40:19 pm
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 10, 2019, 10:28:38 amI fully agree with this. After imageshack's closeout for money (which they are in their full right to do so), zillions of posts here got completely lost due to the lack of images. I went back and re-edited several of mine (and asked a few to re-post as well), but many other useful ones are permanently lost.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2019, 03:03:04 pm
content: My problem with imgur is that Safari doesn't accept it, & I get a little "get App" window.OK, "it's all good", & I try to get the App.On the App store I find imgur, but up comes another little window saying " your OS is too old for this App".I try to update my OS, but it says "You have the latest OS".I think they are telling "porkies", & what it really means is "You have the latest OS that can be installed on your antiquated iPad"!I can go & fire up a "real" computer, & maybe see the pix, but by this point I have lost interest.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2019, 12:05:11 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on June 12, 2019, 03:47:30 amThank you, and others! Dave,yourimage example link above, is to.... (ignore the Asterisks...)****https://imgur.com/mqEviFq**** But that takes you to the Site-Page(andphoto!)......(See further below...)Quote from: vk6zgo on June 12, 2019, 03:03:04 pmI understand (to others) about 'external' images possibly being lost in the future, but Re: imgur......when I have an image uploaded, I RIGHT-CLICK on it, and then select 'View-Image', which would NOW showthe link at the top of the Browser, as in Dave's example I quoted above... (ignore the Asterisks...)****https://i.imgur.com/mqEviFq.jpg**** Notice that the LINK now has a "i." before the "imgur", andthere is a ".jpg" added to the end !! So THIS is what I have been using as the 'link' in the Forum ??(A direct ref to the actual external image/photo, instead).I would be curiousvk6zgo, if you could 'see' this example photo on your older-version 'iPad'(Me, in grey pants, practice/setup for a charity concert)And YES, I will try the 'Attachment/Icon' thing soon !!