An experience I had yesterday and today made me realize that TalkBoard should revise its decision to allow photos to be embedded and include a maximum size for each.

I had started this thread on trip reports and at one point, I was asked by one poster to include some photos.

I did, but the photo was much too large. In order to see the entire photo you would have had to scroll both up and down and also left to right.

This not only impacted the one post on which the photo appeared but made loading the entire page difficult for anyone wanting to read it.

I went to Technical Issues to ask how I (or FT) could fix the problem and was informed by FlyinHawaiian that the moderators have been concerned with this problem but were told that the only plug-in which would automatically reduce the size of pictures would degrade the site's performance.

I don't doubt what he said, but KVS came up with a solution which was so simple that even the most technically-challenged person (which is undoubtedly me) can implement it.

The main difference between what KVS suggested and what FlyinHawaiian was talking about is that KVS's method puts the burden on the poster, not on FlyerTalk -- and hence there is no degradation of the site.

To this end, I would like to suggest that TB amend its original decision to limit photos to a size in which they can be seen entirely without any scrolling.

This limit might be able to be enforced technologically (with the software automatically rejecting any picture which exceeds the limits) or by the moderators (who could remove the pictures and send a PM to the poster giving the advice which KVS gave to me).