View Full Version : New Thumbnail (wannabe) Tag
I don't know if anyone would use this but meh
http://images6.theimagehosting.com/parathumbnailtest.jpg
Basically takes the original image and resizes it to 200x* on the forum display. However it doesn't change the load time of the image, it does reduces the amount of room the image takes up. Clicking the "thumbnail" image will open a new browser window which shows the image in its original size.
Tag is [thumb ][/thumb ] (without the spaces of course).
Oh and <3 ayane hehe.
I think it might be usefull feature.
For all these poeple which are using image hosting sites without thumbnail option possibility,like TinyPic.
But it could be shortened to [thumb ][/thumb ]:p
http://i3.tinypic.com/xo4gaf.gif
some image hosts create
a thumbnail when the image
is uploaded so it's a better
idea to use that
some image hosts create
a thumbnail when the image
is uploaded so it's a better
idea to use that
Yes well sometimes people hotlink images from sites that don't provide thumbnails.
Also changed the tag to [thumb ] now.
ShadowZero1
05-10-2006, 02:16 PM
I think it's a good idea. It saves some people the time to cut down screen caps to "forum friendly" sizes.
stukasa
05-10-2006, 02:56 PM
It sounds pretty neat. ^^ I don't know how often I'll use it though since I usually use image hosts like PicsPlace that have thumbnails. Still, I'm glad to know it's there in case I ever need it! :p Thanks! :D
Lisa Hayes
05-10-2006, 07:28 PM
it's useful.
for reasons undisclosed \p/
ShadowZero1
05-10-2006, 07:30 PM
How about making the tag [tb ]?
Shragei
05-10-2006, 07:49 PM
Don't like it because the thumbnail is just the larger image and still loads the whole image, so if someone puts 5 200KB images in the thumbnail tag. A full MB has to be downloaded for the page to finish loading. It's a really dirty hack and I don't like it
Don't like it because the thumbnail is just the larger image and still loads the whole image, so if someone puts 5 200KB images in the thumbnail tag. A full MB has to be downloaded for the page to finish loading. It's a really dirty hack and I don't like itBut then again shragei its called better than nothing.
Shragei
05-10-2006, 08:00 PM
I bet in 4-5 week I'm going to get pissed off at the over use of this tag and remove it
sOt0nGz
05-11-2006, 06:11 AM
If it forces all images to be 200 width, what happens when i use it over a small image?
it doesnt change the file size, but its also not a bad thing because you dont need to download it again (it'll already be in the cache).
If it forces all images to be 200 width, what happens when i use it over a small image?
why would you want to
create a thumbnail for
a small image?
http://www.hongfire.com/forum/images/smilies/cs/smile006.gif
sOt0nGz
05-11-2006, 06:26 AM
thats the problem.
The point is.. Don't do it. Why would you use the tag for such images?
BBcode isn't perfect and you can't provide error protection for every single bug.
All it needs a little common sense from the community not to abuse BBcode like that unless they want to get slapped with a warning.
GiGaMoG
05-11-2006, 11:36 AM
I both like and dislike this idea...
The motive is very good. No more huge images that stretch the whole window out of original width. It looks better, too. But as Shaige said, it's just a big image stretches down, the images won't load faster. Somebody can easily missunderstand this script and add like 20 "thumbnails" in the same post, it wouldn't be cool, is it?
It's better to leave the thumbnail work for external storage services. All we probably might need is a good tutorial for beginners. Maybe it's time to update our outdated FAQs?
Well like I said... Use common sense, you people should be old enough to use your brains.
I mean if you got a crap load of images... thumbnail tag a few and leave the rest as urls.
bitsnpieces
11-06-2006, 06:24 PM
I guess one advantage is being able to put the thumbnails anywhere in the post rather than just at the bottom using the HongFire upload method, or having to find an image hosts that do the thumbnails.
Mai Tokiha
11-06-2006, 07:42 PM
I think you had a really good intention, but as it currently is, it's not useful as the full pic is still loaded. It would still be much better to upload the pic at a decent image hoster who generates its own thumbnails, or failing that, putting the pic in a spoiler tag so it's only loaded when the spoiler is opened.
Atachi
11-06-2006, 09:23 PM
...thou shall not revive the dead
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