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Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots.

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots.
Date 2014-11-27 09:10 -0700
Message-ID <D09C9B0E.41E2F%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.26{3.01P.Seattle.2014}> <D09BB3DB.41DE7%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.26{5.08P.Seattle.2014}> <D09BCDD4.41DFB%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.26{11.49P.Seattle.2014}>

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On 11/27/14, 12:49 AM, in article Jeff-Relf.Me@Nov.26{11.49P.Seattle.2014},
"Jeff-Relf.Me" <@.> wrote:

>  
> After watching you (snit) zoom my screenshot,
> I realize that I should post -only- .PNG screenshots;
> .JPG files are waaay too "lossy".

For crisp images, yes.
 
>   Jeff-Relf.Me/g600.PNG
>   Jeff-Relf.Me/Super.Fast.Monopoly.PNG
>   Jeff-Relf.Me/Glyph.PNG
> 
> Sadly, some are 4 megs, instead of 11Ž2 megs.

They do tend to be quite a bit larger... so it really depends on your
purpose. For photos and the like JPGs are often fine. For sharp lines and
the like JPGs are not a good choice. GIFs might work just fine for most of
what you post - the text. For text and images PNGs will serve you best.

> You replied to me:
>>> Checking my web logs, I notice that only you,
>>> Slimer, Scott, Ezekiel and a Kalispell Montana guy[*]
>>> checked the screenshot.
>> 
>> I just checked mine... 27 people have already looked at this page... most
>> just once but Carroll (67.172.149.244) has looked at it 4 times - three
>> times with Chrome and once with Safari. Why? Whatever.
> 
> Oops, I mistook Carroll's IP address for Ezekiel's.
> 
> 27 people ?  Are you sure ?
> I -never- get numbers like that, never.
> I'm lucky if one person sees it, much less 5.

I am often surprised by how many people actually read COLA and click my
links. There are lurkers apparently. I rarely check the actual file hits
with my host (though they are available), I mostly use the StatCounter stuff
that relies on JavaScript. If people have a blocker I do not see them. So be
it.

> I accessed your link -several- times, using three different browsers,
> including X.EXE -- X.EXE needs that final slash; to wit:
> 
>   tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/OSXZoom/
>   [ Not: tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/OSXZoom ]

Hmmm, I did not think any would care about the final slash. Odd.

> At first, I didn't notice the minor difference.
> 
> Re: http://prescottcomputerguy.com/
> 
> My primary browser, FireFox, uses Win8's "High Contrast, Light·On·Black"
> theme; so I don't see your background images.
> 
> Also, there, JavaScript is by permission only.
> When that's a problem, I either temporarily allow it,
> or try a different browser ( IE10 ).

I do very little that relies on JavaScript... though StatCounter does I am
fine with people blocking that and do nothing to stop it or hide the fact I
use it. I do not advertise it on the site either, though.

> This is interesting, but I don't need it myself:
> 
>   <script>
>   if( /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPod|BlackBerry/i.test(navigator.userAgent) ) {
>   window.location = "http://prescottcomputerguy.com/mobile";
>   } </script>

Redirects to my simple mobile site. I found most mobile users just want the
basic info - they have no desire, for example, for the tools section. You
can go to the full site from the mobile site and it is not great - but few
do. Carroll does this more than all other people combined... he is an odd
one and spends a lot of time digging through my sites.

>>> [ *: 184.167.49.124, "Red Hat Enterprise Linux/4.3.4-19.el6".
>>>      He looked at X.CPP as well. ]
> 
> Who is this Montana guy, I wonder.

Don't know. I do label some people's IPs when I am curious... but generally
do not care nor try to find out.

>> [...] you can see on the video that each
>> command-+ zooms by a non-trivial amount.
>> 
>> I assume that, if you could do this with a scroll wheel, you'd
>> have a bit more control,
>> 
>> though other than thinking about it for this
>> discussion this has *never* been an issue for me.
>> 
>> But there it is, a weakness ( and even then there is, likely,
>> a "default" command to change the percentage amount...
>> would have to look it up ).
> 
> Yes, and "command-+" seems more awkward than Ctrl·Wheeling.

If Ctrl+wheel was not already set up for zooming the full screen I might set
mine to that. As I noted elsewhere, though, the wheeling does not give you
smaller increments.

I rarely zoom, but to see if I like it I might set command with scroll to
zoom in and out in Safari.

>>> Now, for the first time, I know the sound of your voice...
>> 
>> Click on any of the links in my .sig and you will hear it there, too.
> 
> I never viewed those, sorry, not interested.

No problem - just noting it is not a state secret. :)



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Ad Nauseum vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-25 10:58 -0800
  Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-25 12:19 -0700
  Re: Ad Nauseum vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-25 11:24 -0800
    Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-25 13:14 -0700
    Re: Ad Nauseum Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-11-25 19:43 -0500
      Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-25 18:48 -0700
      Re: Ad Nauseum chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-11-26 07:26 -0600
        Re: Ad Nauseum Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-11-26 10:59 -0500
        Re: Ad Nauseum DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-11-28 09:04 -0500
      Re: Ad Nauseum DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-11-26 20:56 -0500
    I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 13:51 -0800
      Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-26 14:19 -0800
        I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 14:44 -0800
          Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap.  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 15:53 -0700
            Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 15:01 -0800
              Re: Zooming "the entire screen" ? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 15:34 -0800
              Re: Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 16:44 -0700
                Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 17:08 -0800
                Re: Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 18:35 -0700
                Re: Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 19:06 -0700
                I should post -only- .PNG screenshots.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 23:49 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots.  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 09:10 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-27 11:33 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 09:50 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-27 15:51 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-11-27 22:05 +0100
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-27 17:11 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 14:22 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-11-27 17:11 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 20:38 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-27 19:13 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 20:38 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 19:49 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-27 23:01 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 21:08 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-28 08:56 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-28 09:31 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-11-29 13:36 -0600
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-29 12:48 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-29 11:59 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-29 15:14 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-29 13:28 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 14:11 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 09:06 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. WaRmNfUzZy <warmnfuzzi@muzzimail.net> - 2014-11-27 12:09 -0500
                StatCounter doesn't work, sorry.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-27 14:53 -0800
                Re: StatCounter doesn't work, sorry.  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 16:47 -0700
                Re: StatCounter doesn't work, sorry. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 16:54 -0800
                The font size that OSX uses.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-27 17:14 -0800
                Re: The font size that OSX uses.  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 18:29 -0700
                Re: The font size that OSX uses. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 19:33 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 08:14 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. WaRmNfUzZy <warmnfuzzi@muzzimail.net> - 2014-11-27 11:17 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. tmelmosfire <tmelmosfire@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 10:29 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 14:11 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 14:24 -0800
          Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-26 15:14 -0800
            Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 15:36 -0800
              Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-26 15:43 -0800
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 16:57 -0700
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 19:29 -0500
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 17:35 -0700
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 16:45 -0800
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 20:39 -0500
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 18:48 -0700
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-11-28 08:52 -0500
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-28 09:11 -0500
            Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 17:39 -0700
            Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-11-26 20:55 -0500
            Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2014-11-27 12:57 -0600
  Re: Ad Nauseum Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-11-25 19:42 -0500
    Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-25 18:45 -0700
    Re: Ad Nauseum Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 13:24 -0500
  Re: Ad Nauseum Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 11:29 -0500
    Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 09:41 -0700
      Re: Ad Nauseum Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 13:41 -0500
        Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 12:09 -0700
        Re: Ad Nauseum Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 11:20 -0800

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