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# WHAT??? A 60K IMAGE ON MY WATCH?
*fail image*
I'd call that unnecessary, and much less productive than just being fluffy and pointing out their image is slightly bigger than it should be.
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:22, archived)
# this^^^
i try to to be nice and post the helpful lemony link with a for future reference type comment.
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:25, archived)
# The only problem with lemony
last time I looked is the GIMP pages were broken.

It may be worthwhile writing an optimisation guide for GIMP. I would but unfortunately while I'm fine with JPGs I suck with GIFS :(
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:26, archived)
# i had'nt noticed its flaws
it's more about making the point that there are image size guidelines, who really ever read all of the faqs before posting? in my own case i didn't even have a clue what optimisation was
and went over size by a wee bit with a couple of posts. it was the lovely ms tutt who very nicely pointed out the error of my ways and i made an effort to sort it out thereafter. not ms tutt you understand but my size issues.
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:34, archived)
# oh yeah
i'm not trying to knock it much -- even though the photoshop bits are the ones that i've been able to read it's still helpful. there's a few things which are program-specific which don't work in the gimp (at least not for someone who doesn't know it well, which still includes me) which was my only real knock.
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:35, archived)
# Most of the time that I've seen large images it has been:
GSTQ posting his lemony link.
Someone saying 50kb only etc but not in too bad a way. (what I do, I've even offered to optimise a couple of times...)
There are a couple of twats that post fail, but not many
Then again, my bed time is about lunchtime in the UK and maybe I don't see it all.
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:32, archived)
# It's generally worse in the UK dayshift.
Perhaps because of people at work taking out their misery on newbies.
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:34, archived)
# being nice is much easier than being a an over zealous nazi
not as funny admittedly.

i tend to put the boot in only after trying to be nice a couple of times or if someone really is taking the piss.
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:37, archived)
# which is perfectly fair enough
(, Sun 18 May 2008, 10:41, archived)