Posted by Neredbojias on 11/22/34 11:39

With neither quill nor qualm, D. G. quothed:

>
> "David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:dsdskh$47k$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
> > D. G. wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a way to create a direct link <a href=....> to a GIF picture and
> >> force Internet Explorer to display full size, not to (shrink) resize it .
> >
> > No (I think the /user/ can turn it off if they want)
>
> I know the user can turn it off but... it would've been nice to turn it off
> for a particular picture with some sort of "special" or "proprietary" tag in
> the link code.
> Some pictures ( electronic drawings in my case) look ugly when resized down.
> Missing and broken lines because of the shrinking algorithm.

No, the visitor's browser has the overriding authority, which is
probably the way it should be, However, you can use SVG images which
Internet Explorer can't read anyway, thus obliging potential viewers to
use a browser that doesn't have the problem to begin with.

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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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