all i was saying or referencing by the use of paint is there are a number of ways to
resize a picture, openoffice has its version and there are countless online photo choppers to work with as well.
there really needs to be some limits to size, otherwise you got folks posting 10meg bitmaps that are so friggin big you have to scroll all over the place just to read the text.
your assertion that this should be an automatic function on the forum software seems a bit over the top to me, if one wants to be an active part of a forum you either play by the forum rules, work to get the forum rules changed, or go play somewhere else.
i think to expect any forum software to cover all possible situations is not being within the realm of reality, sure you can cover all things for all people today, but i guarantee tomorrow or next week or next month there will be one or more folks popping up with some bitch about something. its just human nature.
in my opinion having a limit of 640x480 is more than adequate for what we are doing,
and a file size of 500kb is more than adequate, SMF allows that easily enough as the default setting. the pictures display in the posting as mini pics that you can click on to expand to full size, reclick to reduce to the mini and go on with life.
why does anyone really need some monster 4000x3000 ten mb picture to illustrate a diy project anyway?
why would anyone be offended by having to resize an insanely large picture to fit either the rules of a forum or the software constraints of a forum?
btw, i don't use a mac, or linux, or any other operating system, but
my bet is each and everyone of them has a program that does the same as MS paint
i know even OS2 warp had their version of paint, and that was what? 20 years ago?
besides anyone that is serious about their project should be able or learn to be able to resize their pics if for no other reason but to compile them for their own future reference.
probably said to much already so i will shut up and go sit in my corner.
bob g