We are now running on the new server

[ezdays]

The only thing I'd say there is that over the years, I've converted to more powerful processors and from dial up to broadband. I recognize that some people are still on dial up, or may still be using older processors, though we'd have to assume that fewer and fewer will be doing this. The 250K that had been the limit is already lower than on any other forum I'm familiar with. I'm not sure what we'd accomplish by catering to a smaller and smaller group, while the majority won't have a problem scrolling...

...Six or eight months ago, I opened a topic asking for advice on how to make the nominal 640x480 photos I'd been posting bigger, since I wasn't satisfied with the size. Based on that, I found out how to export files in MS Office to 800 x 600, and when needed, I've then resized to get them under 250K. My own view is that going to nominal 640 x 480 would simply not be satisfying and not what can be done on any other forum I'm familiar with.

I would strongly suggest that you give notice of what you intend to implement (please avoid the kind of surprise we're finding here as a result of tweaks and experiments) and open what you intend to do up to discussion.

I do notice that, for whatever reason, we seem to be getting fewer quality posts in recent weeks -- I'd hate to see any development that accelerated such a trend.

Thank you for your very thoughtful reply. The "surprise" you saw was a result of my playing with the settings to see what we could do to come to a position that would work for the most people. I agree that in today's world, many more people have faster computers, larger screens and, as the advertisers say, "blazing fast" internet connections. My ISP has been slowly raising my connection speed slowly, but has also been increasing my access fees proportionately. To me, the determining factor is the size and resolution of your monitor and the speed you can download at. We are not trying to reign in anyone, but we need to consider the fact that not everyone has these things available to them, either because of their location or because of the cost of updating their equipment or connection type. I remember not too long ago that I had to dial long distance in order to get to the Internet because there was nothing else available in the area that I had just moved to. When you're paying by the minute for a very slow connection, you don't want to wait for a picture to "paint" while the clock is ticking. Consequently, I didn't wait, but moved on without viewing the photo or the post.

We do not plan on any quick changes, we never have here. We've always listened to our members and do what's in their best interest whenever we can. For instance, we had been alerting everyone weeks in advance that we were going to be moving to a new server. That move went smoothly, our problems lie in the software update that we did at the same time. That's why you may catch us tinkering with some settings or adding a feature, when you don't expect that.

Based on your response, we will find a solution that will work for most everyone. I for one would not like anyone to view one of my images by scrolling left and right, I'd rather they see the whole thing all at once. My monitor has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 with a 23" screen, and I still find that anything larger than 800 x 600 needs to be scrolled to view the whole photo. We have gotten some input already, we won't make any changes without getting more. We do have some software restrictions that we need to work around regardless.