mod post---image sizes....feedback please....

[misstia]

i'm asking this in both groups (DW & LJ).....what should be the image size limits ----or should we have limits (aside from humungous) ----before an ad is put behind a cut and/or posted smaller?? 600 width? 1000 width?

feedback would be appreciated.....thank you!

Comments

[erik]

The real answer (for me) is "if it makes my friends page scroll sideways, it will make the text in other entries expand sideways and make the whole page of 25 entries hard to read". But I don't have a good sense of how wide an image has to be to do that.

[misstia]

some images will just go over a bit....but i know humungous ones go over inches and inches.....apparently though on DW if they are big enough they will cover menus on the side....i did not know this!!! i just got a new monitor yesterday and now i have no idea how big an image would have to be for me to have to scroll....so i thought i'd get feedback on this....i don't like the idea of menus being covered here by a large image for members.....i might tweak our layout here, but i'd have to adjust my display settings to a smaller size to replicate issues, etc to better 'fix' it.....

that's why i'm asking for feedback! thank you!

[moem]

On my 1024x768 screen, 600 is a fine limit. Personally I'd be very happy not to see images that are wider than that on my reading page.

[moem]

Oh, and I just noticed this: the layout makes a difference. On my reading page, large images overlap the sidebar. On the comm page, they're cut off and that is not a problem.

[misstia]

okay this is excellent info to know!!!! i am helping a friend pack this weekend (well not tomorrow it's thanksgiving here but i'm going to a buffay and tree fest then making a video with my pix).....BUT, when i fiddle with the community layout next week---i might find another layout, would you mind 'testing' it for me on your reading page? i will post asking for feedback, but i'd really like to ensure i get yours to make sure it's okay on your reading page.....if it's okay on yours, then i could assume it's okay on others......

i don't like how the images cut off in the community so i do need to get another theme.....that'll be next week later sometime.....

[moem]

I'd love to help test, and I can provide screenshots too.

[arduinna]

600 width is probably the safest, especially with more and more people reading on phones and tablets. My ipad zooms way out to fit some of the big ads from the LJ feed, so the picture fits on the screen, but the text (on my entire reading page) is a tiny column.

[misstia]

well i guess i should have specified (this was brought up in the LJ group) but i'm mostly--well totally---thinking desktop computers....if i start thinking tablets, then we'd have to think phones, then ipads, etc and we might end up with icon size ads---i seriously have no idea how those things work....i actually HAVE a smart phone, but it's owner is dumb (well very poor) and has no internet service on it and the only wifi device i have is a laptop......

i wonder though how image heavy websites accommodate such devices?? yes, i truly am clueless at times....