And I forgot to say, but really mean: thank you! On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 12:35 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ya know Paul, you might just have shoved my ancient, doddering mind into > the late 20th century. My default way to view gmail has been, is now, and > was until this point to go to Google and click on Gmail and enter my log-in > information. It never occurred to me that there was a web-way to view Gmail > -- well, I know how to view the archives; perhaps that's the same thing; > but trying it just now on one of the offending messages, yep, sure, the > offending images docilely remained sized to fit a normal screen. Who'd'a > thunk? > > Naive question: Is viewing the RBW list via groups.google.com what is > meant by *viewing the list on the web* versus *via email*? > > Patrick "Now listen, I was accessing Lexis Nexis via dialup modem on a 64K > PC in 1985, don't talk to me about technology" Moore, from back when > sorting a 6K-person mailing list was something you left the computer on to > do overnight," in ABQ, NM. > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 8:56 AM Paul Clifton <paulgclif...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Patrick, >> One workaround worth trying - disable external images in Gmail - Settings >> - General - Images >> [image: Screenshot 2022-06-17 093305.jpg] >> It MIGHT remove all inline images from posts. Then you can go to >> groups.google.com to look at them later, if you want. >> >> I can't find a tool to force Gmail or Chrome to resize images to prevent >> the overflow, and the image size thing is a problem in the web UI also. >> >> Email is actually the cause of this problem as far as I can tell. Using >> email for forums is really inefficient (software/IT-wise), and I'm sure >> Google wants to kill off Groups. But I think it's become part of their >> internal workflow, so they keep supporting it for the use cases they need >> it for (email based notification and support), but they're being >> purposefully antagonistic about the image thing. I think they're bricking >> it just enough so that people quit using it for things like sharing bike >> photos. I don't think there's much we can do except ask people to resize >> their images before posting or add them as attachments. >> >> I like email a lot, but the user interfaces for using it as a social >> network really haven't kept up with they way people share stuff. At this >> point, it would be an expensive passion project to try to make it work. >> >> Paul >> >> >> On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 8:26:51 AM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> 2018 hotrodded MacBook Air 13, Big Sur, Safari. >>> >>> [image: Screen Shot 2022-06-17 at 7.24.19 AM.png] >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 5:33 AM Garth <gart...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You say you* get email via gmail, not via website. * Please clarify, >>>> what is the host device, operating system and browser(if desktop OS) in >>>> which you view gmail though ? Are you saying you* view this group via >>>> that gmail* (regardles of the OS), as a list, like you would view any >>>> other email contact list of messages, rather than as web page via a web >>>> browser ? >>>> >>>> If you view it via gmail as a "list", Can you post a screenshot of what >>>> you see when you view this group as a list via gmail ? Include a screenshot >>>> of the mesages with the photos ? >>>> >>>> I've never viewed the group as a list though gmail so I have no idea >>>> what it appears as ! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1a30e4b7-0c7b-4430-b9a3-0fdae7d16f34n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1a30e4b7-0c7b-4430-b9a3-0fdae7d16f34n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/20b4603f-632a-420e-b02a-626f95d8c0e9n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/20b4603f-632a-420e-b02a-626f95d8c0e9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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