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 07/22/2008 03:19:31 PM · #26
Originally posted by violinist123:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by ericwoo:
Originally posted by citymars:
...some of us have monitors and resolutions that result in photos being too large for our screens.


But MOST of us do not, as has been demonstrated in poll after poll after poll after poll after poll asking if we wanted the resolution increased. ...

The last two polls that ran on this subject don't really indicate a strong majority wanted an increase.

Last poll, and the one before that.


Without doing the math, at a glance the last poll appears to show over 85% of respondants did in fact want an increase. That's a strong majority.


Also note, that with the 'one before that' poll there was a corresponding screen size poll. To me they go hand in hand. Just because you (meaning the person reading this) could view the larger picture on your screen doesn't mean that the majority could.

Anyway, since when is this a majority rules community? ;o)

Message edited by author 2008-07-22 15:20:05.
 07/22/2008 03:21:02 PM · #27
Originally posted by karmat:
Actually, we got satellite a few weeks ago. NO MORE DIALUP!

Nice! Good to hear Voyager I finally reached you. ;-P
 07/22/2008 03:23:18 PM · #28
Originally posted by violinist123:
Without doing the math, at a glance the last poll appears to show over 85% of respondants did in fact want an increase. That's a strong majority.

??? Given a top choice of 800x800, only 1 in 3 (33%, or 351 of 1067 participants) said yes. The rest opted for 700x700 or no change at all.
 07/22/2008 03:25:09 PM · #29
Web site design is more about "lowest common denominator" more than it is about current market specs.

I wouldn't mind if all challenges were 720px, but i don't lose any sleep over it.
 07/22/2008 03:27:15 PM · #30
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by violinist123:
Without doing the math, at a glance the last poll appears to show over 85% of respondants did in fact want an increase. That's a strong majority.

??? Given a top choice of 800x800, only 1 in 3 (33%, or 351 of 1067 participants) said yes. The rest opted for 700x700 or no change at all.


You work for Fox News? The poll was 'do you want a size increase for challenge images'. An overwhelming majority did.
 07/22/2008 03:32:52 PM · #31
Originally posted by violinist123:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by violinist123:
Without doing the math, at a glance the last poll appears to show over 85% of respondants did in fact want an increase. That's a strong majority.

??? Given a top choice of 800x800, only 1 in 3 (33%, or 351 of 1067 participants) said yes. The rest opted for 700x700 or no change at all.


You work for Fox News? The poll was 'do you want a size increase for challenge images'. An overwhelming majority did.

True, but given a choice, only a third went for the largest option of 800x800. We have people in here talking about 1000+!

Personally, I like 720, but wouldn't want to see anything larger for reasons already pointed out (monitor size, voting screen, etc...).

And no, I don't work for Fox News. :-P
 07/22/2008 04:18:39 PM · #32
The larger your images, the more incentive for people to steal them.

Besides, as you may or may not have heard, Drew & Langdon are discussing some (possibly) major site changes, so it seems very unlikely there will be any significant "tweaks" along this line until then. When? Who knows.
 07/22/2008 05:01:48 PM · #33
Originally posted by GeneralE:


Besides, as you may or may not have heard, Drew & Langdon are discussing some (possibly) major site changes, ...


Selling out to Google? Microsoft? Yahoo?

;-P
 07/22/2008 05:53:16 PM · #34
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Originally posted by Camabs:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
In the past I'v always been whining for 800px, a pretty common standard on the net.


I guess ´pretty standard´ depends on the sites one visits.


Photo.net - 1024px widest
fotocommunity.de - 1000px widest 400kb
photosight.ru - 800px widest 150kb
trekearth.com - 800px widest 200kb

Where I do not come anymore

Photosig: wxl =640000 so 1000x640 is possible

I can't remember a site with smaller pics. And if they have, I am not interested. The pics on usefilm.com are sometimes great but incredibly irritating small.


foto.no : W<1280 H<768 file size<300KB there's nothing like the need for opening lots of pictures in rapid succession, like there is here.
 07/22/2008 07:23:40 PM · #35
Oooh, got to dust off an oldie for this one...

07/22/2008 08:03:34 PM · #36
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Oooh, got to dust off an oldie for this one...



trouble maker ;-)
 07/23/2008 08:32:05 AM · #37
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Besides, as you may or may not have heard, Drew & Langdon are discussing some (possibly) major site changes, ...

Selling out to Google? Microsoft? Yahoo? ;-P

Jeez, who can blame them, with the endless demands. My way! My way! My way!
 07/23/2008 09:20:25 AM · #38
Originally posted by GeneralE:
The larger your images, the more incentive for people to steal them.


Good point.
 07/23/2008 10:06:53 AM · #39
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:


Selling out to Google? Microsoft? Yahoo?

;-P


Sure wish they'd decide in the next four days if that's the route. I could save my $25 buck renewal.
 07/23/2008 04:44:24 PM · #40
Originally posted by citymars:
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Besides, as you may or may not have heard, Drew & Langdon are discussing some (possibly) major site changes, ...

Selling out to Google? Microsoft? Yahoo? ;-P

Jeez, who can blame them, with the endless demands. My way! My way! My way!


Ooh...maybe DPC is getting bought by Getty Images.
07/23/2008 04:49:30 PM · #41
They're not selling out to anyone that I am aware of.
 07/23/2008 04:58:18 PM · #42
Originally posted by karmat:
They're not selling out to anyone that I am aware of.


Well sure that is what the non-disclosure agreement is all about...

:-P

(I really posted that as a tongue in cheek comment)
 07/23/2008 05:09:59 PM · #43
I would like to wake up in the morning and have a nice cup of DPC joe
 07/23/2008 10:19:38 PM · #44
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
The larger your images, the more incentive for people to steal them.


Good point.


Wow, they could even print 5x7s if they wanted too. The best way to keep your images from being stolen is to keep them off the internet. That really isn't a valid argument.
 07/23/2008 11:23:51 PM · #45
Originally posted by ericwoo:
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
The larger your images, the more incentive for people to steal them.


Good point.


Wow, they could even print 5x7s if they wanted too. The best way to keep your images from being stolen is to keep them off the internet. That really isn't a valid argument.


And if we kept all of our images off of the Internet, there would be no point to dpc.
 07/26/2008 06:08:58 PM · #46
Originally posted by karmat:
Originally posted by ericwoo:
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
The larger your images, the more incentive for people to steal them.


Good point.


Wow, they could even print 5x7s if they wanted too. The best way to keep your images from being stolen is to keep them off the internet. That really isn't a valid argument.


And if we kept all of our images off of the Internet, there would be no point to dpc.


Exactly. So how about we just quit worrying about image thieves. We do what we can to protect our work, and that's all we can do other than keeping it off the web all together. No one is going to make any substantial amount of money claiming rights to images that are not theirs. Let's drop the silly arguments and give us more reasonable image sizes. At least let's do it before google buys the site.
 08/03/2008 10:35:27 AM · #47
Originally posted by Azrifel:

photosight.ru - 800px widest 150kb


I noticed today that this site went to 1500px max width @350kb.....

DPC is falling way behind.

08/03/2008 05:04:49 PM · #48
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Originally posted by Azrifel:

photosight.ru - 800px widest 150kb

I noticed today that this site went to 1500px max width @350kb.....

DPC is falling way behind.

Thank goodness! As has already been pointed out numerous time, several in this thread alone, the sizing currently in use at DPC works quite well. Browser real estate, voting page layout, etc...

Originally posted by Azrifel:

I can't remember a site with smaller pics. And if they have, I am not interested.

Yet, you're still here at DPC, and active too. ???
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