21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Zepasta OP 1 Oct 2023 \ on: deleted by author bitcoin
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Is it just me or the uploaded image got compressed like hell? Very blurred and pixelated ...
Yes, they do. Our initial configuration of our image proxy was bad.
We use a image proxy to not leak IP addresses and to process images for better performance so you don't have to download 5MB+ images just to view them in a small box.
I don't think this extreme quality drop is worth the 50% reduction in size, specially with such small kb images.
You're totally right! That and more will be fixed when the changes in this PR are deployed which should happen soon.
For example, we will also provide the link to the original image.
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Nice!
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They do get compressed. I'm not sure why they have to, the original URL has full resolution. Maybe it's for caching purposes.
When I open the image in a new tab, it takes me to a cached version (imgprxy.stacker.news). I'd prefer to be able to view the original image.
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They do get compressed. I'm not sure why they have to, the original URL has full resolution.
We process images for performance/bandwidth reasons. We wanted to have an upper limit on image size but we are compressing them too much at the moment. For example, you shouldn't need to download multiple 5MB+ images in a comment thread with a lot of details just for the browser to downscale them since they will be shown in a small box so you won't be able to see the details anyway.
I'd prefer to be able to view the original image.
Yep, I can totally understand and you will be able to soon :)
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Cool.
Perhaps you can make it show the downsized image on the page, but link to the original URL that was posted in the post's / comment's body. Like a clickable thumbnail.
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Looks good to me. Mempool will clear in next 24 hours.
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