SERIOUSLY? ...  Photobucket - you HAVE to be joking! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 05:37:59 am
content: As the title says....

author: station240
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 05:47:00 am
content: You'll need to refresh the page CTRL+f5 if you've view that image from say the forum.Also just use the existing thread.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/warning-photobucket-changed-its-tcs-lots-of-inlined-images-gone/

author: Muxr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 05:55:38 am
content: Imgur.com

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 06:03:18 am
content: Just use forum's attachment feature please, c'mon, don't understand why still use those free external hostings ?The only reason I could think of is the sense of owner ship maybe ? Like when someday you hated this forum you can delete all your attachment ?All you need is just ask forum moderator or Dave to delete all your posts if you want to, and Dave did that in the past.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 06:37:11 am
content: Did people not see that Photobucket refused to serve up imagesON THEIR OWN SITEQuote from: station240 on July 23, 2017, 05:47:00 amFair comment

author: WastelandTek
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 06:42:48 am
content: Wait...you only just heard?

author: rs20
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 07:00:41 am
content: Quote from: BravoV on July 23, 2017, 06:03:18 amAlso the inelegance of having the little attachment thing on the bottom, the fact that to have the image appear inline you have to post, inspect the URL of your own image, and then edit the post; and also a (perhaps shortsighted) desire to go easy on EEVBlog's servers.

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 07:08:18 am
content: Quote from: BravoV on July 23, 2017, 06:03:18 amBecause it is more convenient.Uploading as an attachment means1. Limited to 1M per file2. Limited to 2M total per post3. Can upload only one file at a time4. Have to remember how to embed attached photos into the correct place in post instead of just as thumbnails at the bottom5. You might want to post the image somewhere else as well, not nice (maybe not possible) to do that if they are uploaded as attachments

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 07:39:25 am
content: Quote from: WastelandTek on July 23, 2017, 06:42:48 amI knew about the new Photobucket policy weeks ago ... and the substitution on third party sites - but to do it on their OWN site?That's the point of this thread - that they are doing this ON THEIR OWN SITE.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 08:01:09 am
content: Do you havereferer headersdisabled in your browser? That's how they (and a lot of other sites) detect "hotlinking" --- if the referer header says you're coming from a different site, they block access. In this case it seems Photobucket might be taking the more extreme measure of also blocking access if there is no referer header.Of course, there are workarounds.With which I can see all Photobucket-hosted images evenafterthey decided to do that.

author: Muxr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 02:29:18 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on July 23, 2017, 06:03:18 amIt's more convenient. Also imgur for instance will auto resize and recompress the images. If I need to share multiple images I can just drag and drop them into the imgur window and then just link them one by one throughout my post.I do use the forum attach feature if I just need to link one image.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 03:08:29 pm
content: Photobucket is a joke. Has been for a very long time.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 03:34:31 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on July 23, 2017, 08:01:09 amThanks for this tip. I found that the RefControl extension for Firefox does the job.Install it:http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/Then add this rule:photobucket.com <Forge>

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 23, 2017, 05:09:34 pm
content: Quote from: Monkeh on July 23, 2017, 03:08:29 pm<rant>I was unimpressed when they took ftp away from the free accounts - and now wrangling through their UI is a nightmare. Ads coming at you from left, right and centre - literally - as well as from the top. I have yet to try to access the 'Library' of an account without having to close aminimumof 3 Ads. And just when you're focussing on something in particular ... WHAM another ones obliterates the whole screen and you have to click on "Proceed to Site" to get back to where you already were.</rant>I think I'd be happier spending a couple of dollars a month on a cheap hosting plan, just to have some space to host my own pics.