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When I post pictures, I like to make them as big as possible. I also hate it when other people post pictures that are too big for my screen because then, I end up having to scroll right to read each line of text and to see the whole picture. It just occured to me, (doy:p) that even though my pictures fit perfectly on my screen, do they fit on yours? Please use the picture below as an example. Thanks in advance for your comments.

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thats about the perfect size for me trainnut.i barely have to scroll right to See all of it.and my screen resolution is 1024 by 768 so it may be bigger than others.--josh
 
So I changed my screen resolution just a little and now it fits but the text is a wee bit smaller. But I think I'll leave it like this.
 
Gary S. said:
So I changed my screen resolution just a little and now it fits but the text is a wee bit smaller. But I think I'll leave it like this.
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If you have a mouse with a roller wheel on the top, you can hold down the Ctrl key and roll the wheel up or down to make the text bigger or smaller in your internet window.
 
Cool. Well, 30 views so far on a slow Monday afternoon and 6 of you have given me positive feedback. I'll still keep an ear out for anybody else that would like to comment but it seems for now, I will go with this size as my standard.
 
Hi. I have to scroll a good ways to the right to see the whole picture, and even then, it doesn't fit in my screen. But then, I have a "steam powered" computer....

Speaking of steam...That's a gorgeous engine...What is it..??
 
19" screen here at higher resolution, have to jink slightly to the right to see it all but I prefer the full picture to a thumbnail I can't see. Keep it the way you're doing it TrainNut, considerate of you to ask though :)
 
Thank you all for your feedback. I too like bigger pictures, but as I mentioned, if the majority were having problems viewing them, it wasn't worth displaying them at that size. Just remember that I upload all my pictures to the gallery here and not some off site host. If it's too big for you and you really want to see the "whole" picture without scrolling around, follow the pathname to the gallery.

steamhead said:
...Speaking of steam...That's a gorgeous engine...What is it..??
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I can't quite see the wheel arrangment on this one but I think it's the 2-8-0 on the Grand Canyon line. She's a monster!
 
Tom,

I usually post my pics 640 x 480. That use to be our maximum size to upload. I wouldn't post anything higher than 800 x 600 because even with a higher resolution screen, it can become overpowering and annoying. I think my screen resolution is 1280 x 1024, but even then, someone will link to a picture that requires me to scroll and scrolling a picture isn't good for the viewer or the person that posted it because many people, myself included, will just pass on looking at it.

This is a happy medium for me, I can view most pictures and the text is still readable.
 
Well I tried to call you and ask you about this but you were off running around doing errands:mrgreen:. Imagine that!:p
 
For me, your picture requires a very small amount of scrolling right, but nothing too annoying. ;) Nice photo, by the way. I'm mostly ignorant about why some pictures appear too big, and I prefer to remain that way. :-D I have a bunch of re-sized photos in photobucket for posting on the Model Railroader site, (where any photo seems to send a lot of the Members into a snit), but the smaller photos are a waste of time, in my opinion. Likewise here: I was originally attracted (thanks Andrew ;)) by the fact that pictures seemed to be much more welcome here than elsewhere. The Gallery seems to re-size them for use here, and those on dial-up can always check out the thumbnails there if they need to see a smaller format. I started here on dial-up myself, but to be quite honest, I don't think that I would've stuck with it this long if it hadn't been for a high-speed connection.

Wayne
 
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