pepper_airborne wrote on Jan 16^th, 2008 at 2:38am:



At 1280x1024 you should not need to scroll unless your monitor is not set up right, the browser window is not at 100%, or, you replaced your browser with some knock-off that redefines the borders.

Most modern monitors are native at 1280x1024 now.

1024x768 is old news and 800x600 is a dinosaur

Some people run 1024x768 because they do not know their monitor has the ability to run 1280x1024.

This change does not mean everyone has to use 1024, all it means is there are choices which are fair for everyone.

As Dave said, the ‘compression killed my shot’ days are over. If you shot was killed it’s because the picture quality was not good to begin with and to tell you the truth, at 800x600 100Kb is not going to kill a shot that much. Most of the shots I post are 70-85Kb and with the exception of one or two over the years I never had problems with compression.

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Nick, you tell us to get with the times, but the fact of the matter is the majority of people have monitors which can't go up to those high resolutions, and many won't be willing to upgrade them until they really need upgrading, which they dont.....1280x960 is the resolution at which things appear best on my screen and that is sufficient for almost everything. I certainly won't be buying a new monitor until this one breaks.

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There could be problems I feel in the monthly contest if you have some people capable of entering a viable 1024x768 shot and others not so easily. Are the contest restrictions going to be kept at 800 wide - not sure on this one.

Upping the 'weight' of a pic is a great idea, so many 800x600 pics of mine that were over the old 100k limit were spoiled by compression, increasing this is very wise.

However, sorry SimV team but for me and everyone else (and it seems there is a fair number) who runs 1024x768 screen resolution, the increase in res' is very bad news.

What the hell is the point of a lovely uncompressed pic if we can only see 60% of it????

It is quite simply not fair to penalise people who don't have the resources to buy a large screen when it is the SimV forum's choice of forum software that blocks us from being able to see full size pics over 700 wide. Remember, this is a worldwide forum and not all of us are lucky enough to live in wealthy areas and can afford such luxurys.

Actualy, my screen will go up to 1280x1024 but I choose not to as things will get far too fiddly and difficult to use. I find this res' quite comfortable on my 17" screen. But I have reasonable eyesight, have you not considered those who are unlucky enough to have poor eyesight? Why are you discriminating against them?

EVERY other internet forum i'm a member of (and there are quite a few, four FS sites, two train sim sites and a couple of classic car forums, one of which i'm an administrator on) can display 1024x768 pics whole, never mind 800x600.

As i've said before in two other recent threads, thanks to the monthly comps' and the exccellent additional forums like StudioV, screenshots are a major part of this site. To actualy restrict their availability further just for 'the sake of progress' just doesn't make sence.

It looks like this is the end for posting and looking at screenshots on SimV for myself and maybe many others like me who will not be able to actively participate anymore. A great shame.

Come on SimV, take a moment to pause and think this through. Get the forum software sorted first before trying to blindly leap into the future and leaving half of us behind. PLEASE!

Yay bigger sizes... and longer uplaods times... who cares(not me!)

And i'm cool with res.

YMMB Running 1024*768

Going bigger with new card soon

Thanks for all the feedback. Actually we did this in response to a post in the forums -

It is an OPTION

It is 'keeping up with the times'

I fully appreciate not everyone will have the screens to view the wide shots without scrolling. On one of my main PC's I don't either - however the Yabb software is an evolutionary thing that we have been using - generally with few problems - for years.

The great thing about this forum software is that - like FS - it is open source & worked on by dozens of enthusiasts worldwide.

I am sure that the view window can be widened. I have had a priority list to work through as well as real world demands but as soon as I can I will look into this & improve whatever is possible.

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Wish I could believe that but I'm not confident it will make any difference. That silly statement has become a tradition when posting images on this forum. If I see it once more it will be too many.