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y8s 07-14-2015 11:32 AM

can we dump the image applet?
 
It's driving me nuts.

BEFORE:
click image icon, paste immediately into box, hit enter.

NOW:
click image icon, paste immediately SHIT it went into the text box, wait for applet to load...

...

...

paste again and click insert or click cancel and manually enter IMG tags around url I pasted at normal human speed (usually vastly eclipsed by anything a computer can do, except for loading an image applet).

I hate it.

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Girz0r 07-14-2015 11:34 AM

I understand this frustration :hatecat:

I usually end up typing my IMG tags rather than using the applet.

curly 07-14-2015 11:47 AM

Yes please. Used to be super quick, now I have to wait for it to load. Although I used to have to wait for photobucket to upload the picture, so in that sense it's faster.

Pr-existing images: slow

images on my computer: just as fast as it was.

Schuyler 07-14-2015 11:48 AM

<p>WIth the text editor you have to use for the callouts&nbsp;@y8s, you can't even type IMG tags. [img]https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/hatecat.png[/img]</p>

sixshooter 07-14-2015 12:01 PM

I'm typing img tags all the time now. I'm even doing it while driving.
It's dangerous. This applet is going to get somebody hurt.

hornetball 07-14-2015 12:57 PM

I vote hate. I'm a hater.

Joe Perez 07-14-2015 12:57 PM

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I've also gotten into the habit of manually typing the [IMG] and [/IMG] tags as well. I like the fact that the forum still automatically re-hosts my images when I do this, and it's much faster and more convenient than the applet. If this new image uploader app lasts much longer, I'm going to re-map the Scroll Lock key on my keyboard to a macro which types that for me. :hatecat:

Honestly, I really liked the old method. Click the https://www.miataturbo.net/mt2011/im...sertimage.gif? button, immediately hit Ctrl-V Enter, and done. The new applet adds precisely zero functionality as compared to that, especially since the deletion of attachments still has to be done via the Attachment 232957 button which, for the record, works perfectly well and should not be changed. :likecat:

DNMakinson 07-14-2015 01:43 PM

<p>This is a test:</p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">EDIT: wide pic deleted for Six. Now Y8S can kill his, if he cares.&nbsp;</span><br /><br />For me, uploading from my computer, and using the site to host (I don't use flicker or other image hosting sites) the new system is easier. But, I have to navigate to the image, drag and drop does not work.</p>

TurboTim 07-14-2015 01:48 PM

Applet makes me sad.

Braineack 07-14-2015 01:51 PM

its great for muliple files, sucks for single.

drop and drop in the text editor is the bomb. too bad we are stuck on like 1995 vb and trying to inject modern stuff into io...

DNMakinson 07-14-2015 01:55 PM

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>When this gets fixed, I would appreciate a quick tutorial on the quickest way to upload images from my computer, not the interweb. I <strong>use </strong>computers, but I don't <strong>know </strong>computers.</p><p>And @Schuyler, you are right that the switch in font from type to display is crazy as well (from the other thread). This should be WYSIWYG.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Savington 07-14-2015 02:04 PM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1248840)
I like the fact that the forum still automatically re-hosts my images when I do this

Said no vendor ever

Joe Perez 07-14-2015 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 1248871)
its great for muliple files, sucks for single.

The new applet is not significantly better for multiple files than the Attachment 232953 button.

In a perfect universe, the https://www.miataturbo.net/mt2011/im...sertimage.gif? button would go back to the old popup into which you can quickly paste a link and be done with it. And a new system would be devised which merges the functionality of the existing Attachment 232953 button with that of the new applet, giving users a quick and easy way to upload a file directly from their PC and insert it into the message, while also permitting attachments which have already been uploaded to be deleted.

I realize that's asking for a lot, and I'd be perfectly happy if the Attachment 232953 remained completely unchanged and the new applet simply died in a fire. I'm just allowing for the fact that some people might find the "upload from local" functionality of the new applet to me marginally more user-friendly than the way the existing Attachment 232953 screen works (even though it provides the same level of functionality.)

Joe Perez 07-14-2015 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Savington (Post 1248878)
Said no vendor ever

In which case, you just add a ? after the extension, and the forum respects the original url.

Example:

Attachment 232951

Notice that that image wasn't re-hosted, and still points to its original location. I achieved this by typing:

[attach]232951[/attach]

(edit: stupid VB trying to parse my image URL as a link, despite the fact that I used the [noparse] tag.)


99% of the time, automatic re-hosting is desirable. Those individuals who know enough about how the internet works to care about whether their images are re-hosted or not can easily prevent the forum from doing so.

18psi 07-14-2015 02:11 PM

hate the stupid new app
+1 for bring back the old picture insert thing
+1 for love that most images get re-hosted

Braineack 07-14-2015 02:23 PM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1248880)
The new applet is not significantly better for multiple files than the https://i.imgur.com/2oLCglF.gif? button.

can you use the manage attachments button, grab a whole bunch of files, click okay and they are automagically inputted into the text via bbc?

Braineack 07-14-2015 02:26 PM

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manage attachments.

edit: this took 14 mouse clicks.

Braineack 07-14-2015 02:26 PM

applet.

edit: this took 6 mouse clicks (could have been less if I used drag and drop).

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...a8dfed1f31.jpg


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...bde3d85b95.jpg


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...dd7bbcf98d.jpg

y8s 07-14-2015 02:47 PM


Originally Posted by DNMakinson (Post 1248866)
<p>This is a test:</p><p><img src="http://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.miataturbo.net-vbulletin/1136x640/80-for_dielectric_006_744b3ac3115db125a4518ec177f6e2e 098a4abc3.png" title="" /><br /><br />For me, uploading from my computer, and using the site to host (I don't use flicker or other image hosting sites) the new system is easier. But, I have to navigate to the image, drag and drop does not work.</p>

I should also point out that whatever method DNMakinson used to upload this spewed a bunch of HTML into the post and defeated the image resizer forcing all text on the page to be wider than my browser so I had to side scroll to read all posts longer than the width of my browser.

fuck
that
nosie

!!
:hatecat::hatecat::eggplant::hatecat:

y8s 07-14-2015 02:55 PM

<p><img src="https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.miataturbo.net-vbulletin/2000x333/80-liverpool_dock_21106x3509_1ec0221997758a4222f5d99d 94c87496e317df69.jpg" title="" />testing using the new editor and image apple</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>uh huh. &nbsp;new CKeditor thing breaks image resizes.</p>


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