Site viewing, often in articles, is unnecessarily slow and frustrating.

[casportpony]

Again, ideally they'd use thumbnails for super large pics in articles with a lot of pictures.

I would use thumbnails on all of mine if it didn't crop them the way it does. These are copied and pasted from a test article I just did:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/thumbnail-vs-full-size.74427/

Thumbnails in articles look like this.


Full size:

Thumbnail in posts look like this:

 

[Kiki]

I would use thumbnails on all of mine if it didn't crop them the way it does. These are copied and pasted from a test article I just did:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/thumbnail-vs-full-size.74427/

Thumbnails in articles look like this.


Full size:

Thumbnail in posts look like this:
View attachment 1552552

I am not a fan of the thumbnails in posts.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

I would use thumbnails on all of mine if it didn't crop them the way it does.

Yeah, that's something we've asked the developer to look into. Hopefully in a future version thumbnails in articles will be handled better (i.e., not cropped).

 

[3riverschick]

Ok Kikis, then we have to make sure we have plenty of background in our thumbnail pics so when it crops them we still can see the pic we want folks to see.
Karen

 

[Kiki]

Ok Kikis, then we have to make sure we have plenty of background in our thumbnail pics so when it crops them we still can see the pic we want folks to see.
Karen

The problem I have with thumbnails in a post is they don't zoom like the full size ones do.

I am sure there is a way for me to figure out how to zoom in on it from my computer, I just haven't done so yet. What I do instead is log in from my phone where it is easier for me to zoom.
Not a big deal for me.
Just being picky.

 

[casportpony]

I am sure there is a way for me to figure out how to zoom in on it from my computer, I just haven't done so yet.

In Windows on my machine a right mouse click then "open in new tab" or "open in new window" usually works.

 

[Kiki]

In Windows on my machine a right mouse click then "open in new tab" or "open in new window" usually works.

I remember you telling me this before, I forgot.
Thanks!

 

[Shadrach]

That could be helpful, but we have a hard time getting peeps to read even the most basic instructions, rules, etc.



Our system auto resized that to 509.82 KB. Still "big"... but much smaller at 90% the original size!


Can you link to a few examples for us to take a look? They might be from an old system and we could maybe make some tweaks.

Again, ideally they'd use thumbnails for super large pics in articles with a lot of pictures.

That could be helpful, but we have a hard time getting peeps to read even the most basic instructions, rules, etc.



Our system auto resized that to 509.82 KB. Still "big"... but much smaller at 90% the original size!



Can you link to a few examples for us to take a look? They might be from an old system and we could maybe make some tweaks.

Again, ideally they'd use thumbnails for super large pics in articles with a lot of pictures.

Thanks for the reply. It’s not a major issue for most, so I appreciate your interest.

I understand the problem with getting people to read instructions very well. I fail in this respect from time to time as well. Things tend not to go ‘bang’ on the internet if you ‘do it wrong’ so the incentive for getting it right first time isn’t as pressing as it might be.
The auto picture resizing does in general work very well and again in general the site runs very smoothly on my antiquated hardware and smoke signal internet connection.
I would happily point you to the posts I’ve had particular difficulty with I could unlock my computers CPU enough to copy and paste a link!

What I will do, if you think it may be helpful, is as I’m working my way through the articles, I will post a link on this thread for your attention. It will probably be a slow process, and from memory the articles are oldish; I’ve assumed because I rarely see the contributor on the forums.

I agree with KikisGirls, I prefer to see a full sized image in the post, the post seems to ‘flow’ better this way.

 

[Shadrach]

I want to make one last general comment regarding internet connections, older hardware and site accessibility. I’ll stop moaning after this I promise...

I assume BYC is interested in growing. Obviously the USA is a vast continent and now certainly the majority of contributors are American and probably a high percentage of future members will be to.
A great many Europeans and people in the rest of the world are learning English as a second language and many that I come across already speak English well enough to navigate and participate on BYC. The internet means that people in other countries could join and participate in BYC; any browser enquiries regarding chickens through Google at least, will trawl up BYC on page 1.

Fast internet, while spreading rapidly isn’t going to reach the more rural areas in Europe and other global zones for a while yet. It’s expensive to supply by cable and not terribly good by beacon and satellite, even with 4G systems.
Most of the people who keep chickens live in these rural areas; BYC’s prime future audience.
Anything that can be done to make BYC more user friendly for those in rural areas has in the long run I would argue got to be good for BYC.
There are sites now that I used to visit that have become so bloated with pop ups, badly scripted advertising, animated content and auto load video content that I just don’t bother using those sites any more. Too much badly implemented content chews up bandwidth unnecessarily. There are a couple of University library sites that I use that have finally recognised this problem. Many of their users are students with relatively low powered laptops, or mobile phones searching through hundreds of pages, often wanting a number of pages available simultaneously to compare. They have implemented a low bandwidth content policy.

Just a thought.

 

[WVduckchick]

I use this button on thumbnails to blow them up.