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On 9/25/2016 at 11:45 AM, David B's prodigious digits fired off:
On 25-Sep-16 3:55 PM, Ed Mullen wrote: On 9/25/2016 at 4:16 AM, David B's prodigious digits fired off: On 25-Sep-16 1:34 AM, Mayayana wrote: "David B" wrote | I wish people would take the time | to figure out how to get their own web space. | | What do YOU suggest, Mahayana? | Maybe buy a domain and start a website? Why not? It's public space. Everyone has a right to have their own front door to the "information superhighway". Something useful could be put there. It's cheap and easy. In the 90s nearly everyone had an option to have a website hosted by their ISP. Many people did. I DID do that back in the 1990's! ;-) Today it seems that young people, especially, think of the Web as a commercial entertainment venue. As with so many cities in the US, the town square has been supplanted by a mall. If people must host images on commercial sites they could at least use sites that allow others to access the image without restrictions, cookies, script, membership, etc. Three I know of that work fine are dropboxusercontent links, imgur.com and postimg.org. Many thanks for your comments, Mayayana. :-) I've used Dropbox and imgur.com but not postimg.org I decided to try the latter. Here's a small treat! http://postimg.org/image/tmohcby0r/ That site wanted to set 6 cookies. Is that a BAD thing, Ed? The recommendation of those sites was made in the context of "If people must host images on commercial sites they could at least use sites that allow others to access the image without restrictions, cookies, script, membership, etc." Did you actually see the photograph? Yep, really nice shot! -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net/ "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" - H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927. |
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"Ed Mullen" wrote
| I decided to try the latter. Here's a small treat! | http://postimg.org/image/tmohcby0r/ | | That site wanted to set 6 cookies. | It's not ideal. I didn't remember that postimg was such a mess. The page code is full of script crap, trick URLs, spyware, and I presume ads, from at least 2 different external "content discovery network" companies. The actual link, which should be all that's needed, is buried in the page code: http://s9.postimg.org/izuo6wpvj/Swan_with_Cygnet.jpg Actually, their terms say customers are not allowed to link directly, or even to link indirectly. They may *only* link to the postimg hosting page. While the link to the image on that page is just a low-res thumbnail: http://postimg.org/image/tmohcby0r/Swan_with_Cygnet.jpg I also have to view the page with no style to see anything at all. That seems to be an increasingly popular trick: Use CSS to make the whole page gray and then undo it via script. So someone with script disabled gets no page. On the other hand, I don't have to enable script, cookies, or anything else. They may try to set cookies but it doesn't break the page if you block them. I'd guess it's probably the adware/spyware hangers on that are trying to set cookies: spoutable.com, taboola.com, Google analytics, and probably some others. Once I disable CSS I can see the full-res image fine. But the dropboxusercontent links are a lot cleaner. They actually link to files that don't have to be pried out of an adware/spyware trap. |
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"David B" wrote
| That site wanted to set 6 cookies. | | Is that a BAD thing, Ed? | The thing is.... If you want to show a picture to someone, why should they have to put up with a gauntlet of spyware and ads? I understand that the sleaze is basically the business model of some of these sites. But for the people using the sites it just isn't necessary. It's tacky. It's sleazy. It's a privacy imposition. It's a potential security risk. It's bad manners.... It's a bit like going to someone's house for dinner and they explain that they've got a delicious meal in store, hosted by a caterer, and, oh by the way, to pay for it you'll just need to sit through a brief vacation condo salespitch first. Some people do that. There's such a thing as a Mary Kay Cosmetics or Tupperware ambush. But if someone did that to me I'd conclude that they're basically unsocialized and would never accept a dinner invitation from them again. |
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On 9/25/2016 at 12:55 PM, Mayayana's prodigious digits fired off:
"David B" wrote | That site wanted to set 6 cookies. | | Is that a BAD thing, Ed? | The thing is.... If you want to show a picture to someone, why should they have to put up with a gauntlet of spyware and ads? I understand that the sleaze is basically the business model of some of these sites. But for the people using the sites it just isn't necessary. It's tacky. It's sleazy. It's a privacy imposition. It's a potential security risk. It's bad manners.... Which is why I have my own domain/site where I post pics. It's relatively inexpensive and much more convenient than using a third-party site. -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net/ All generalizations are false. |
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Mayayana wrote:
"Ed Mullen" wrote | I decided to try the latter. Here's a small treat! | http://postimg.org/image/tmohcby0r/ | | That site wanted to set 6 cookies. | It's not ideal. I didn't remember that postimg was such a mess. The page code is full of script crap, trick URLs, spyware, and I presume ads, from at least 2 different external "content discovery network" companies. The actual link, which should be all that's needed, is buried in the page code: http://s9.postimg.org/izuo6wpvj/Swan_with_Cygnet.jpg What's wrong with the table of links at the bottom of the page that returns after you do an upload ? That gives you a raw link. You can test you copied and pasted the correct link out of the page, using a second separate browser. https://postimage.org/index.php?um=flash A link like this: http://postimg.org/image/tmohcby0r/ is the *generating* page and is not supposed to be posted. Look to the bottom of the page, and select the center entry "for forums". *Don't* select a thumbnail link, as it's too small for any purpose. Paul |
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