I agree with most of what you've outlined. 900 pixels wide is perfect for horizontals and 300 K is ample. But I'd go to 800 pixels wide for verticals. in this day of hi-res monitors, most can accommodate that. And while my laptop is only 1280 x 800, and I occasionally view images on it, I'd rather scroll and/or downsize than look at a puny pic. Paul On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
> Hi all > > Currently images submitted for inclusion in our Pentax Users Gallery > (PUG) are supposed to meet the following criteria: > > # Maximum file size is 256kb. > # Maximum image dimension is 720 pixels on the longest side. > > From time to time there are suggestions that these limits are too > restrictive. So, a review is in order. > > I've discussed this with Igor, and here are some general thoughts to > ponder: > > 1. We have free access to the Komkon server to host the PUG. > > 2. While space at Komkon is not a big issue, it needs to be remembered > that the PUG galleries are hosted permanently so each new monthly > gallery adds to the storage requirements. > > 3. An increase from 720x480 pixels to 800x536 produces about a 15-25% > increase in file size while an increase to to 900x600 pixels produces a > 45-55% increase in file size (using an 80% compression factor for jpg). > > 4. Vertical images are a problem because anything over about 600 pixels > high requires scrolling on a monitor with 1440 x 900 resolution or less > and anything over about 500 pixels high requires scrolling on a monitor > with 1024 x 768 resolution or less. This makes it difficult to > appreciate vertical images fully. Yes, you can zoom the display easily > with Ctrl+ and Ctrl- but most people probably don't do it and, if you > need to zoom some images but not others, it reduces the enjoyment of > viewing the gallery. The ideal would be to be able to go from one page > to another without any scrolling. > > My preference would be for a max width of 900 pixels and a max height of > 600 pixels but even this wont overcome the scrolling problem for people > with monitors less than 1440 x 900 (incidentally, 900 x 600 is the max > image size used by the Pentax Photo Gallery - although for reasons best > known to the designers of the PPG, they actually display the images at > about 660 x 440 pixels). As for the byte size of the files, I suggest a > max size of 300kb. Anything larger and the delay in displaying images > can become undesirably slow. > > Your thoughts...... > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
