Posted by dorayme on 10/12/05 06:11

> From: "Alex Chernavsky" <alexc@aya.yale.edu>
>
> I'm experimenting with a package called "Thumbs" that creates on-line
> slideshows. The advantage of Thumbs is that images are automatically
> resized on the fly, depending on the size of the visitor's browser window.
> It seems to work on my computer (Win 98, IE 6). I'd like to know whether
> anyone has problems with it. Here's the link:
>
> http://www.astrocyte-design.com/katrina/index.html


Yes, I had a little problem but it would be one that many if not
all would have. But first let me say I enjoyed looking at your
pics, poor things those animals, nice clear pics. The problem is
size! Even the smallest enlargement is too big to fit on the
screen with a normal browser and see the navigation arrows etc.

So the software is failing a bit... Better really to size the
pics with your human intelligence and the specs in the html....
but if there are parameters you can change in your software,
maybe you could experiment further?

There is no need to go so big on the first enlargement
considering you are allowing further ones. Some of us have
screens running at about 72 px per inch, yours do not
comfortably fit on a 1024x870 reasonable sized screen. Plus
there
is the loading time on dial up, so compounding the problem. I am
not saying don't be generous, just maybe trim down a bit. The
bigger sizes are usually either for quite atypical screens or
for printing...

Must have been an interesting excursion taking those pics?

dorayme

(I will give details of browsers etc if you persist... Try to go
down say, 20% width and height on the first enlargement and
leave the big big to those (very few) who want it on the second
upping...)

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