Re: Yer Ugly Mug Pre-annoucement

On Monday 28 April 2003 08:33 am, Jan van Steenbergen wrote:
>  --- Peter Clark skrzypszy:
> > Yer Ugly Mug[1] is almost ready to go live.
>
> Cool! Well, these are my remarks:
> > Alias *
>
> I don't think this should be a requied field.
        You're probably right; since I don't use an alias (gave up that silly game a
_long_ time ago), I just put in my first name. On the other hand, a lot of
people here use only their alias, which means that if they don't include it,
then we aren't able to match an alias to a face.

> > Your homepage address
>
> More links allowed, I presume?
        Sure; you can put them in under "More about yourself." It's just a textfield,
so you can write as much as you like. The homepage field, however, will
probably only take one.

> > A picture of you
>
> Or more?
        You can only upload one *file* at this time, but there's nothing to stop you
from combining two pictures into one file, just so long as the result is less
than 80k. Or put a link to more pictures in the "More about yourself" field.

> > Your birthday
>
> Including year of birth?
        Yes; it will automatically calculate your age, too.

> > Tell something about yourself
>
> That's a good one. It allows people to rectify any misunderstandings that
> might arise from the data above.
>
> > All the major bugs have been worked out (except for the bug that limits
> > picture size to 15k; Iain will up this to 80k soon)
>
> Good. At least, I have no idea how to convert .jpg to .gif .
        Don't. Jpgs are smaller and better for photographs than .gifs. For people who
don't know how to reduce image size (both canvas size and compression-wise) I
am considering offering to do it myself (i.e., send me an unaltered image of
yourself, and I will send a nicely-sized version back), but I guess that
depends on how many will be flooding my poor dial-up connection with large
images. We'll see...
        :Peter

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