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Which do you prefer?
Old very large size
61%
 61%  [ 24 ]
New slightly smaller size
35%
 35%  [ 14 ]
Even smaller size
2%
 2%  [ 1 ]
Total Votes : 39

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kleet
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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 3:54 pm 
I'm okay with the new size, though I like the old size best for the same reasons stated above. Thumbs down on the smallest size (unless someone is posting 20 pics from their trip). If some of the thumbnails in a TR look exceptionally nice, I'll click on them to view them full size. Or if it's a TR from some place I haven't been but have wanted to go, then I might view them full size. Otherwise I make due with viewing the thumbnails...so the bigger, the better.

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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 4:40 pm 
Seems to me like the whole point of a thumbnail is to conserve bandwidth. If you make the thumbs the largest of the three sizes then you pretty much defeat that purpose and you approach the point where you might as well just be putting them inline, assuming they aren't so wide as to mess up the tables on the page. The small ones are real itty bitty so I'm with goldilocks on this one, medium is just right. If the thumbs are attractive looking I'll click on them all anyway and let them load in the back while I read the trip report and then look at the pics.

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Tom
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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 5:10 pm 
Actually, bandwidth is not an issue from our end. Folks seem to be OK with the larger size, particularly dial up users, which is a surprise to me. A quick check indicates the larger size will add about 5K on average to each thumbnail which isn't much considering we trimmed 15-20K from the larger flickr thumbnails by doing it oursleves.

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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 5:18 pm 
Went back and looked at some of the photo-essay type trip reports. They were just plain more effective with the larger size. Even though the new size doesn't seem much smaller, it turns out to have a lot less impact. The pics no longer fit so smoothly into the story, IMO rolleyes.gif David

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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 5:45 pm 
I'd go: 1. Middle size 2. Large size 10. Smaller size. hockeygrin.gif

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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 6:00 pm 
I'm dialup. I like the larger size but I could live with middle size. Like others, It's getting a decent view of the thumb without having to go full size. Viewing thumbs and reading along goes good and then view the ones you want full size after. Something has to catch my eye before I'll go full size. I voted big but like I said, middle is ok too.

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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 6:32 pm 
I voted "slightly smaller" but the original are ok too. The small are waaaay too small. And I'm on dialup.

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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 7:55 pm 
embarassedlaugh.gif Broadband, but prefer the big thumbnails. Just MO. BTW, what is dial up?

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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 10:57 pm 
Don wrote:
BTW, what is dial up?
I think I read about that in history class one time. It's apparently some form of archaic (sp?) communication using a monocolor computer-like device and wires. *gag* dizzy.gif

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PostMon Oct 17, 2005 11:44 pm 
Sore Feet wrote:
Don wrote:
BTW, what is dial up?
I think I read about that in history class one time. It's apparently some form of archaic (sp?) communication using a monocolor computer-like device and wires. *gag* dizzy.gif
Those who don't learn their history are doomed to repeat it. shakehead.gif Dial up is a leading edge technology that allows thousands of users to access the internet at no cost. I voted for the large thumbnail. This quadruples my viewing pleasure, knowing that I am able to view the large image 24x7 without having to pay any monthy fee. drink.gif

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PostTue Oct 18, 2005 12:33 pm 
I don't care what anyone says, size matters. Bigger is always better.

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PostWed Oct 19, 2005 7:39 am 
Larger is better and after listening to the reasons from the dial-up users, it makes sense. I would've been ok with the small ones since I usually click on them to see the full size ones but the big ones are preferred. On a different note, if you can keep the full size images 200KB or bigger, its preferred! I change my desktop image at work quite often when I can find nice higher resolution pics of places in the NW that I'd prefer to be at over my cube. I appreciate those folks that post the higher res pictures! Hope you don't mind me borrowing the image for a few days.

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Tom
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PostWed Oct 19, 2005 8:09 am 
OK, we are back to the larger size (and in some cases slightly larger).

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PostFri Aug 31, 2012 12:09 am 
is there any way to adjust the size of a thumbnail within a TR? for example, if i want to make the first picture of a report larger (like flow does), how do you go about that?

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PostFri Aug 31, 2012 7:33 am 
To do that, embed the szie you want as an IMG and wrap it with a URL to a non-image.

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