Re: An NGDF ex-plan-ation . . .

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Glenn Butcher Wrote:
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> > That "brief flicker" you experience with decent
> > internet can be a 5-10 sec interregnum for us
> > with slow internet.  I don't see the NGDF
> as a
> > server doing any shrinkage to any dimension;
> > that's happening in the browser according to the
>
> > < img > tag dimensions after the image is down-
> > loaded . . .
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>
> Thank You for the clarification, Glenn -
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> So hidden somewhere in the mysterious "settings"
> files for my 'puter is there a control that would
> let me take full advantage of my extra-wide
> monitor, or is it buried in the HTML file that the
> NGDF is putting out?  Not that I want to
> change it — IMHO, except for the crappy
> search engine, the NGDF is fine as is.
>
> - Roosso

phorum seems to be sizing the image based on some amalgam of style tags in the CSS, I can't readily divine the chain of custody...

So, the browser is downsizing the downloaded full-sized image for display, and I'm pretty sure its not doing output sharpening like you did with the second image before uploading. Down-resizing an image loses a lot of the illusion of sharpness; adding a bit of sharpening after the resize re-introduces contrast in the much-devolved edges, increasing 'acutance', or the illusion of sharpness.

I'm a fan of posting images sized appropriate to the rendition medium. That way, I control the resizing operation, not some programmer who wrote the image tag code for the browser. And, I always add just a scoooch of sharpening to my resized images, for the reason I outline above.