MetaTalk posts tagged with images

Huge dog

Demogorgon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:45:50 -0800

Post containing pictures of a guy's huge dog? There was a post in the blue a little while ago containing nothing more than some close-up pictures of a really big dog (I think a great dane or pitbull) chasing its ball and doing dog stuff. It may have been deleted for having so little content, but the pictures were kind of neat and I'd like to see them again. Search has turned up nothing for me. Does anyone remember this? The dog was brown and I think its ball was orange or purple. I believe the owner also took some pictures of the dog with his little girl if that helps.

onload="javascript:this.style.width=50;this.style.height= 50

signal — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:54:05 -0800

MeFiHTML: Is there a reason to first set profile images to width & height = 0, then set the actual size via javascript? The final effect is that the page loads, then all of a sudden shifts 50px to the right as the images widths are set. Is this by design? Wouldn't it make more sense to just set the real size in the first place? The code under consideration:


[img style="border: 1px solid gray; padding: 1px; float: left; clear: left; position: relative; bottom: 55px; margin-right: 5px; width: 50px; height: 50px;" onload="javascript:this.style.width=50;this.style.height= 50;" onerror='this.src="http://images.metafilter.com/mefi/userphoto.png";' src="http://images.metafilter.com/mefi/userphoto.png" width="0" height="0"]

No, my post is not about the Imageshack frog

Rhaomi — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:40:22 -0800

What's the best way to link to a large image on Mefi? I'm planning a post which will have as one of its links a single large image (about 500 x 6500 pixels). I'm afraid that if I link straight to the image the server might tank or that the image will be simply removed. I could use an image hosting site like Imageshack or Photobucket, but those have their pitfalls, too. So is there any reliable site that could handle the load of serving a huge image to the Mefi crowd? Or should I maybe slice and dice the image into more manageable chunks and host those (which I can also do)?

Show me your nostrils!

grateful — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:33 -0800

A tale of two questions.... Check out these two AskMe questions, one with images (7/26/2006) and one without (8/12/2008). Exactly the same question, asked two years apart. In both cases, the question was answered quickly and efficiently. However, in the older question, the use of images greatly enhances the thread. Considering how heavily moderated AskMe is - arguably to great effect - is it possible to restore the use of the image thread in some limited way? I understand that images are stripped out due to security issues, but I have to think that there are ways to allow in-thread images without compromising security.

OMGNOES

Saucy Intruder — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:21:20 -0800

"[I removed all the links to cat photos, put them in your profile if they're nevessary for this question]" Jessamyn, I hereby point at my food bowl and look at you angrily.

While I'm at work, I don't want to know you're a dog.

desjardins — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:02:44 -0800

I would like an opt-out of viewing profile pictures. I use the plain template at work, and the images, while usually SFW, are really, um, attention-grabbing. Yes, I know I can block ALL images in my browser, but I'd rather not.

A moment of the silence for the IMG tag

exhilaration — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:15:31 -0800

How can I find those hilarious closed/deleted Metafilter threads from the days of the IMG tag? I remember the page taking a few minutes to load because they were full of ridiculous animated GIFs. I'd like to spam my friends with some of those images.

Can I has a pony I means an ELEFINK

mwhybark — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:35:00 -0800

Is IMG back? A sudden favoriting of a long-ago image-only post yielded sweet, sweet, elephantine pictograms! Can we keep them? They followed my pony home!

Ponies! (popular favorites, more inside, images)

anotherpanacea — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:49:30 -0800

A pony for Christmas?

Please bring back the img tag.

interrobang — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:17:29 -0800

Please bring back the img tag.

A possible solution

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:50:41 -0800

A possible solution to end the "We demand inline images back!" versus "We don't really mind" MetaWars that are tearing at our very souls...[much more inside]

Why do some people still have images in their profiles?

taosbat — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:12:22 -0800

Why, in the great image purge, did some folks lose the images in their profiles while other members still have images in their profiles? I click to people's profiles to see who I'm talking to and I've noticed some members whose images seem to have survived the purge while mine did not. What's up with that? Is the image tag ban really useful and necessary?

Good riddance to bad images

signal — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:21:03 -0800

Do you miss the img tag? I sure as hell don't. Can I get an amen?

Is MeFi protected against cross-site request forgery?

malevolent — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:12:44 -0800

Is MeFi protected against CSRF? I know the logout link isn't (should be a form button anyway) and could be triggered by displaying an image to a MeFi user, but if the forms are vulnerable things could get nasty (imagine someone posting a link that changes your prefs, or makes you create a post, etc.). Just askin'...

Animated Gifs in MeFi

Miles Long — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:17:21 -0800

i don't like it when people post pictures in metafilter. I like animated gifs even less. It makes metafilter like every other message board on the web. Probably also you're flirting with the NSFW. What do other people think? Outlaw them, or let them stay?

Get rid of images on the grey and the blue.

handee — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:51:59 -0800

The inline image debate revisited: I know this has been discussed before, and I know that images are sometimes useful in AskMe, and I know that I may have had a sense-of-humour bypass... but isn't it time we got rid of them in MeTa and MeFi? I don't think that "bloke being shagged by a robot" gif adds anything to the site at all. Or the "this is not an appropriate front page post" one. Or the "elephant poo" one. Or any of the other pictures in the thread below this one.

Image options in preferences?

hooray — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:33:07 -0800

Can we have image toggling as one of the choices in our preferences?

MeTa Favorites and Alt Tags

orthogonality — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:27:47 -0800

I can mark my own MetaTalk comments as my favorites. Please do not faciliate such narcissism. Oh, and since I only can make one MetaTalk peost every four days, [additional callout inside]

I want to make it purdy

eebs — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:13:10 -0800

Couple questions:

1) If I go to the AskMeFi "New Question" page, I do not see buttons for bold, italics, link and spell check. It appears that only plain text is allowed (or html, which I don't know). However, if I go to someone else's question, the comment area has all of the above. Does my browser/setup have a problem? I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.4, I've got various extensions (NoScript, Mouse Gestures, FoxClocks, ScrapBook, del.icio.us and ScreenGrab).

2) What is the easiest way to include a picture in the question? Posting it to flickr (or equivalent) and linking to it?

I've read the FAQ and performed searches on both topics, but could not find answers.

Thanks!

Looking for an image posted to the grey/blue before

Evstar — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:20:09 -0800

I'm looking for a GIF or PNG I've seen posted to the grey/blue before. It's a stylised illustration of a stick-man with his hand up a cow's rear-end. The cow doesn't look altogether pleased.
The image is drawn in a road-sign fashion. I've tried searching for it but it didn't turn up. Can someone help me out?
Thank you.

Image macros

plexi — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:53:38 -0800

So now Metafilter is the site to go to when in need of full-on beastiality.

Why are some goofy threads deleted, and not others?

hoborg — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:50:56 -0800

Just out of curiosity, how is it that some posts get deleted because the thread is full of the same animated gifs we always see, and some posts continue to live way past their prime? Is it the presence of ceiling cat?
I understand some of these are left in for humor value; such was the case with the infamous Mushroom post. But when the only thing that's different is the original post, and there are no actual responses anyhow, what's the criteria?

Can I embed pics

Cycloptichorn — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:58:53 -0800

Ask Metafilter: I have a few pieces of art I am trying to identify. Can I embed the pics (which I feel will probably lead to more responses), or should I link to my flickr account?

I don't wish to breach protocol, but....

sourwookie — Sat, 27 May 2006 12:07:52 -0800

I don't wish to breach protocol.

I found a great page that has been posted on another high profile community. That page is a .swf image I wish to print in a large size. I had planned on posting on Askme on how to do this.

I also find the image cool (and informative) enough that I thought it would be great material for The Blue-though I have reservations about posting it on both pages. Additionally this page was just shown on digg.com, so it may be old hat anyway.

So--any thoughts?

Uploading Images to AskMe

leapingsheep — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:53:33 -0800

Gramcracker used an image to answer a question in AskMe! It's not an animal relieving itself, it's neither humorous nor snarky, it's just an entirely useful and informative visual aide! Is this a first?