"Rene Lamontagne" wrote

| What would be a good easy to use Image posting Site, mostly for
| screenshots for the Newsgroups?
|

I keep a list because I don't want to enable
script or cookies, or sign up for an account.
If an image is posted it should be accessible
like a webpage, with no funny business.

Sites I've had no problem with:

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dropboxusercontent *
imgur
postimg.org
pictr.com
uploads.im

* Dropbox is an oddball. Some links work.
Some don't. People often don't seem to know
how to use it. I've never had a Dropbox
account, but I deal with a lot of links. In
general it seems it's the "dropboxusercontent"
links that actually work. There's another type
of Dropbox link that ends with "dl=0". dl stands
for download. I'm blocked until I change it
to dl=1. Then I still can't see the image but
I can download it.

I'm not sure it's really a Dropbox problem so
much as a problem of Dropbox trying to offer
a variety of privacy settings but just making
a mess of the whole thing. I shouldn't have
to know about changing dl=0 to dl=1. The
person posting the image shouldn't even be
able to create a link that blocks download
and shouldn't have to read a manual just to
figure out how to post a link. It makes no
sense.

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Sites with funny business that don't allow
linking directly to the image:

photobucket.com
tinypic.com
flickr.com

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There was an interesting site this week in the
signs thread: fileconvoy.com
It's a file hosting site. I don't know any details,
but it allowed me to download a file from the
linked page with no funny business. Just a clear
link that worked.