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#41

Glad you are enjoying zoom capable pictures! I have been posting high resolution going back to MLS days. The old software allowed a link to be embedded in a photo, and I used that to link to a high-res version. It was a lot of work creating two sizes of every picture and uploading them all to my web space. I asked if folks ever looked at the high res versions and got an overwhelming No response. So I stopped.

More recently, even in the old version of LSC, most posts had pics at 2048x1536, or at minimum 1024x768. They would display at 800x but could be opened in a new tab at full resolution. I doubt many did that either.

Now that the actual resolution is displayed and a simple click gets you a larger image, I think the larger images will be viewed more often.

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#42

And just to see if it is Bob’s picture host, or the software. Here is a test of a picture direct from my phone, uploaded to my web space. It is uncompressed 4160x2340 24bit and 2651KB in size. When I upload at 2048x1536, I use JPG compression and get the file size down to about 550KB.

NOTE: Click it twice to get the full size. And I also note that the resolution is not displayed. Perhaps because I am hosting it.

#43

Off of the hamburger menu in the top right, there is a Users report, showing various statistics for users.

https://largescalecentral.com/u

Kind of neat.

#44

Nice. What happened to the Thumbs Up in the reaction list? It disappeared a few weeks ago.

#45

Noticed this when you click on the number of replies next to a topic on the home page:

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Clicking on the top date goes to the first post. Bottom goes to most recent one.

This was on my phone, not sure if it does the same thing on a desktop browser.

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#46

Same thing on desktop:

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#47

There was a display bug where the image wouldnt appear. A couple other people on the Discourse forums noticed it as well, so I think its an actual bug.

#48

Well, we’re not THAT limited.

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#49

Perhaps I’m weird (PERHAPS???), but I am REALLY enjoying the new look and the ease of use here. Well done, Bob!

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#50

Did anyone mention that you can drag-and-drop a video in here? It must be less than 4MB.

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#51

Nice to know the restrictions - thanks Pete.
An amazing site - well done, BD!

#52

Just found another really neat feature. Start composing a new message on your phone. Then open the message composer on your computer. The ‘in-flight’ message shows up there, too. VERY handy for posting a message with pictures off your phone, but then lets you use the easier-to-use computer keyboard.

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#53

I’ve been posting build pics in chat that way for a couple weeks :sunglasses:

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#54

Yes, I already noticed that when I was trying the phone/tablet access.

I’m also starting to appreciate that this site lists the latest thread updates, but without worrying if you visited recently.

#55

Whoa! With much power, comes much responsibility!

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#56

Super stuff @Jim_Rowson!

Maybe I too will be regular some day!!! :innocent:

#57

Metamucil, Bruce, that’s the ticket…

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#58

And then I get a badge? Cool…

#59

Neat. The Trust Levels are interesting, they’re a way to award people for being a regular visitor and contributor on the site. Each one is a multi-faceted calculation looking at time visited, X days visited in Y days, number of posts read, number replied to, etc. There’s something like 25 or so different facets it looks at.

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#60

25? I guess that will make it harder to game the system then!
I like how a lot of the old stuff (like post counts) is “hidden” yet still available somewhere - good choice!