Good point Susie and Gene. Sometimes when we get used to having high speed internet with little restrictions, we tend to forget about the less fortunate.
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Susie Zada <sz...@zades.com.au> wrote: > In this 'recent' discussion about graphics, Gene is the first to point out > the issue of bandwidth and/or download limits. > > People need to remember that Legacy is an international product AND there > are users all around the world - many don't have access to unlimited > reasonably access! And I'm speaking from experience here - living in > country Victoria in Australia. > > Think of others. > > No-one would dispute the value of images when explaining things but I would > dispute the value of open-slather on this list. If you want why not put > your images on the Legacy Facebook page and include a link to, but don't > exclude the rest of the users from this list! > > Regards ... Susie Z > > -----Original Message----- > From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On > Behalf Of Gene Young > Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2017 6:09 AM > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Graphics being posted to the list > > On 5/8/2017 1:51 PM, Ed Ladendorf wrote: > > It seems that there are people who would like to have the ability to add > embedded images to posts, and possibly some who are against that (although > that might not be the case). Since the membership of the list is not what > it > once was, maybe the ones who make the rules would be open to putting it to > a > vote of the remaining members?? > > > Is it possible to get a virus from an embedded image? I don't know the > answer to that, but I know a lot of forums allow that, so I doubt it's a > problem. Who would like to have a vote? If that's acceptable, count me in > for allowing it. If not, I'll abide by the rules. > > embedded images are sent with the email as attachments, so yes, they can > easily send viruses. Some people have limited bandwidth due to various > reasons; financial, locality & availability of cable service. It is not > fair to hammer their limited access. It is a simple matter to post your > image to a reputable hosting site and post the link. Every body benefits > and no one suffers. > > > > -- > > Gene Young > Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada > With Legacy Family Tree > http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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