10 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 1 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: deleted by author bitcoin
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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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SpaceHodler 1 Oct 2023
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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