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Ian Hickson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:what@keepthebyte.ch">what@keepthebyte.ch</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">It would be useful to be able to define a bounding box of allowed
picture width and height when uploading picture(s). The UA would need to
check if the selected picture(s) is/are inside the allowed range (min -
max width & height). With picture I generally mean the internet
widespread formats (png, gif, jpg).
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With the coming of high-resolution monitors, the pixel size of the image
will presumably become less important, as monitors will be getting more pixels per centimeter.
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I disagree. Displaying an image on a high resolution monitor is a
different issue than controlling the number of pixels that the image
may contain. A given device (screen, printer, PDA, projector, or other
media) may scale an image's pixels as necessary for optimal viewing.
Most UAs have some sort of pixel scaling that occurs when an HTML
document is printed. For example, I find that an image that is
approximately 700 by 600 pixels will print nicely on a single page in
Internet Explorer for the majority of users with a variety of margin
settings. This makes pixel size very relevant when the exact image
dimensions are unknown, so images over a certain size could be
disallowed if the page is to be printed. It's possible to do this now
with some server-side image manipulation, but would be nice to have
inside UAs. Ideally, there would be the ability to provide hints to
the UA so it could resize the image upon upload, rather than just
displaying an error message.<br>
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Why would a high resolution monitor make the pixel size less
important? Presumably, the pixel size would remain important, since
the sharpest images would be those that match the pixel resolution of
the monitor. Pixel scaling of any kind on a monitor typically results
in reduced image quality, either by means of pixelation or aliasing.<br>
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Web Forms 2 does provide a way to limit the file size, however, which is
presumably more important.
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I think both the pixel size limits as well as file size limits are of
equal importance, since they are solutions for separate issues.<br>
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