Board Stretching Options

[*Steven*]

Why do we have a stick up our asses about boards being stretched? I mean, is there any detrimental effect aside from aesthetics? Do we care about things looking pretty that we have to often distort picture from thumbs? I mean, if they're that big that they cause a loss in aesthetics, then when they get thumbed they tend to get distorted. If they're small enough that they don't get distorted from thumbing, then chances are they aren't making the boards look that bad.



Just curious.

[superstitious]

This really isn't anything new. Many forums have similar rules:

Members who post oversized images that stretch the forum will be asked to resize and edit their posts accordingly.

http://www.theminorsite.co.uk/rules.php

Don't post pictures over 600 pixels wide with their img tags so the pictures don't stretch the board.

http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/ind...act=SR&f=47

Images that exceed 600h x 500w will be deleted from the board as they stretch the page and cause havoc for dial-up users.

http://dxxtherebirth.proboards86.com/index...read=1202523437

The forum has been designed in a way that any images with a width of more than 500 pixels will stretch the page. Please keep any images to a maximum of 500 pixels. If needed, contact a staff member who will help to resize your image should you wish.

http://shineon.proboards79.com/index.cgi?b...read=1160402550

You are welcome to post screenshots or other pictures within posts, however these should be posted as links rather than full size images which stretch the forum and slow page loading.

http://board.fm08.de/index.php?showtopic=632340

Just some examples of other forums that have a similar rule/request regarding stretching boards due to large images.

While you don't agree with the necessity of thumbing images, I don't get why it's such a big deal for you not to thumb, especially since there's an autothumbing feature now. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. Bottom line though, I don't foresee the rule changing and generally it appears to be a typical norm in Forum guidelines.