Re: {Classic Rendezvous} Email + photo attachments + links: opinions?

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Great insights Bob, thanks for helping us adapt to this new system! That bit about file size for pictures is something I did not know and is particularly valuable..

Thanks Dale.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Bob Hanson <stronglight49d@gmail.com>wrote:
> Well, this being my first GoogleGroup membership, I've spent a while today
> trying to decide the best way to post messages, to view posts, and to direct
> emails, etc.
>
> *Mail:*
>
> Seems to me that subscribing to the individual (not digest) e-mails now
> makes sense - for me. In the past, I'd always simply viewed the archives
> and then cut and pasted to emails as needed. Because I'd already had a
> Google account set up but rarely used the G-mail before, I'm now directing
> all of the CR List posts to that account.
>
> I believe it would also be very easy for anyone to set up an additional
> alternate Google account and to then route all of their notifications to
> that dedicated email address. It's cost-free anyway, so why not. Remember,
> you can always switch over *this specific* GoogleGroup setting for a
> different e-mail - in case you have other GoogleGroup memberships, as well.
>
>
> *Image Attachments and Links:*
>
> I see that the largest image size accepted for uploaded attachments is 2000
> x 2000 pixels. This is really quite large - especially if your photo is
> already focused on a specific area which you wish to draw attention to.
> Attaching a large image to *this* group is better than on some discussion
> groups. For example, BikeForums accepts posting of extremely large internet
> hosted images in the form of [img]...[/img] directly onto a page.
> However this can make loading a page horribly slow for those with slow
> internet connection speeds. Their uploaded attachment file provisions are
> very limited in size (only 175kb per image, I believe) and the clarity is
> usually not very acceptable.
>
> With the new CR LIST attachments it is nice to be able to preview a
> reasonably sized thumbnail before committing to a larger view or download.
> This "might" be preferable to listing numerous photo-hosted urls in a
> message... which you would then need to click onto, one at a time, whether
> or not the image is something you would have wanted to view.
>
> If your internet connection is painfully slow loading there is still the
> option of using a photo-hosting service and the attaching a linked URL. Of
> course, this typically what we had used previously on the OLD List, but it
> is still has a useful option here.
>
> *Advanced E-mail Features... A Question:*
>
> It also has occurred to me that we can send and view posts *on the
> GoogleGroup pages* e-mails which include "emoticons". Much as I usually
> hate the distracting clutter of those things, we now may be able to minimize
> the number of mis-interpreted remarks - such as when a member had actually
> "thought" his posted remark would clearly be understood by all as ironic or
> genially sarcastic... rather than malicious and inflammatory.
>
> *Posting to the CRList:*
>
> This is probably redundant many times over at this point, and perhaps I'm
> wrong, but we STILL must all reply to posts *via e-mail* - *ONLY*... even
> though the basic GoogleGroup page format presents members of any groups with
> the option of responding directly from a post being viewed on a Group
> page... is that correct?
>
> This learning curve and adaptation to an unfamiliar new venue may kill me
> or drive me mad. But it may be a blessing - if we all survive the
> transition. Thanks to everyone for their patience!
>
> Now, if I can just figure out how to use them newfangled telephones without
> a rotary dial to turn... [?]
>
> BOB HANSON, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA
>
>
>
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Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Great insights Bob, thanks for helping us adapt to this new system!=A0

= That bit about file size for pictures is something I did not know and is pa= rticularly valuable..

Thanks

Dale.

On Wed, Feb= 23, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Bob Hanson <stronglight49d@gmail.com> wrote:
<= blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px= #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

Well, this being my first GoogleGroup membership, I've spent a whi= le today trying to decide the best way to post messages, to view posts, and= to direct emails, etc.

=A0

Mail:

=A0

Seems to me that subscribing to the individual (not digest) e-mails no= w makes sense -=A0for me.=A0 In the past, I'd always simply viewed the = archives and then cut and pasted to emails as needed.=A0=A0Because I'd = already had a Google account set up but=A0rarely used the G-mail before, I&= #39;m now directing all of the CR List posts to that account.

=A0

I believe it=A0would also be very easy for anyone to set up an additio= nal alternate Google account and to then route all of their notifications t= o that dedicated email address. It's cost-free anyway, so why not.=A0 R= emember, you can always switch over this specific GoogleGroup settin= g for a different e-mail - in case you have other GoogleGroup memberships, = as well.

=A0

=A0=A0

Image=A0Attachments and Links:

=A0

I see that the largest image size accepted for uploaded attachments is= 2000 x 2000 pixels.=A0 This is really quite large - especially if your pho= to is already focused on=A0a specific area which you wish to draw attention= to.=A0 Attaching a large image to this group is better than on some= discussion groups.=A0 For example, BikeForums accepts posting of extremely= large=A0internet hosted=A0images in the form of [img]...[/img] directly on= to a page.=A0 However=A0this can make=A0loading a page=A0horribly slow for = those with slow internet connection speeds.=A0 Their uploaded attachment fi= le provisions=A0are very limited in size (only 175kb per image, I believe) = and the clarity is usually not very acceptable.=A0

=A0

With the new CR LIST attachments it is nice to be able to preview a re= asonably sized thumbnail before committing to a larger view or download.=A0= This=A0"might" be preferable to=A0listing numerous photo-hosted = urls in a message... which you would then need to click onto, one at a time= , whether or not the image is something you would have=A0wanted to view.

=A0

If your internet connection is painfully slow loading there is still t= he option of using a photo-hosting service and the attaching a linked URL.= =A0 Of course, this=A0typically what=A0we had used previously on the OLD Li= st, but it is still has a useful option=A0here.=A0

=A0

Advanced=A0E-mail Features... A Question:=A0

=A0

It also has occurred to me that we can send and view=A0posts=A0on t= he GoogleGroup pages=A0e-mails which include=A0"emoticons".= =A0 Much as I=A0usually hate=A0the distracting clutter of those things, we = now may be able to minimize the number of mis-interpreted remarks - such as= when a member had actually "thought"=A0his posted=A0remark=A0wou= ld clearly be understood by all as ironic or genially sarcastic... rather t= han malicious and inflammatory.

=A0

Posting to the CRList:

=A0

This is probably redundant many times over at this point, and perhaps= =A0I'm wrong, but we STILL must all reply to posts=A0via e-mail = - ONLY...=A0even though the basic GoogleGroup page format = presents members of any groups with the option of responding directly from = a=A0post being viewed on a=A0Group page... is that correct?

=A0

This learning curve and adaptation to an unfamiliar new venue may kill= me or drive me mad.=A0 But it may be a blessing - if we all survive the tr= ansition.=A0 Thanks to everyone for their patience!=A0

=A0

Now, if I can just figure out how to use them newfangled telephones wi= thout a rotary dial to turn...=A0

=A0

BOB HANSON,=A0 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA

=A0

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Greensboro, North Carolin= a USA 27408-2105
336.274.5959
= www.cyclesdeoro.com
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