A question to you "almost" photo posters.

I try not to do that in my for sale ads, but on here, I agree with you 

BJ, I appreciate it when folks DON'T post every photo in large size in the text.  One or two photos in the text will allow me to choose if I want to see the rest by going to the bottom of their reply.

What I don't like are numerous, large size, photos in a reply that are haphazard; cumulative; and/or don't advance the subject of the thread.  Makes for a lot of scrolling--much better in that circumstance if the poster uses a couple of large photos in the text and leaves the rest at the bottom.

I looked at the box your talking about, it's clear as mud.

Dennis Rempel posted:

I looked at the box your talking about, it's clear as mud.

Does this help?

Scroll down to see the photo, or scroll down and click on the photo. Neither one is very strenuous.

John H posted:

Scroll down to see the photo, or scroll down and click on the photo. Neither one is very strenuous.

Neither is checking the box!

If I'm posting just a couple then I check the box. Larger posts I put a few in and leave the rest below. Keeps the post smaller.

As long as we're talking about it.....if folks would stop hitting "reply with quote" especially with long photo-filled posts, I wouldn't have to look at the same pix over and over. My personal preference is to delete everything from the OP except what I'm commenting on.

Yep, the pictures don't bother me nearly as much as a thread with the same huge text and graphic quote repeated over and over (and over)!

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Yep, the pictures don't bother me nearly as much as a thread with the same huge text and graphic quote repeated over and over (and over)!

It's like deja-vu repeating itself over and over again on groundhog day one more time...

Rusty

These type of posts drive me nuts.  How bleepin' difficult is it to just scroll past or click an icon to go to the next page or post.  Have we become so lazy that moving a few fingers is too bothersome and time consuming?

-Greg

RSJB18 posted:

As long as we're talking about it.....if folks would stop hitting "reply with quote" especially with long photo-filled posts, I wouldn't have to look at the same pix over and over. My personal preference is to delete everything from the OP except what I'm commenting on.

^^^^^^

This!  A thousand times, this!

This forum, Hi-rail O27 and Traditional 3-rail O Gauge, is also available as a daily digest emailed every morning at 4 a.m. EST. That daily digest contains all the posts on various topics in a 24-hour period, which makes scanning discussions a more convenient and thorough process.

When people fail to check off the “insert photo” box, the photos do not display in the daily digest. That makes the post less effective. Plain and simple.

Here’s a sample of what the daily digest looks like, with photos and without.

depends if we are moble and want to post quick. I dont sit on the computer.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Yep, the pictures don't bother me nearly as much as a thread with the same huge text and graphic quote repeated over and over (and over)!

The problem is that too many people use the "Reply with Quote" option instead of just replying by typing in the box at the bottom of the thread. I agree that threads where the same images are repeated over and over again are a real pain to read.

Here is the difference between checking and not checking the "Insert all photos and videos into post body (large size)" box that Big Jim mentions in the first post in this thread. In this post, I did NOT check that box.

Here's the same image, only this time I clicked on the "Insert all photos and videos into post body (large size)" box.

There ya go...

By the way, that's me shooting video on Bill Bramlage's famous "Tower City" layout.

In addition to what Rich says, I check the box to hide the attachments.  Since I have the large photo in the box, no reason to display the attachments thumbnails as well.  If I have ZIP or PDF files, I actually copy a link to them into the main body of the post.

I frequently use the quote, but I delete most of the content and only leave what I'm responding to.  This minimizes the amount of duplication but allows the reader to easily see what is being replied to.

Sample ZIP file in body of post.

LM78Lxx Power Module Gerber.zip

Rich Melvin posted:

Here's the same image, only this time I clicked on the "Insert all photos and videos into post body (large size)" box.

Note you can edit quotes to only include pertinent information and not the whole quote.

Edmund Schwartzel 060518 posted:

depends if we are moble and want to post quick. I dont sit on the computer.

Yeah. That’s how I read and reply to all OGR Forum stuff. Mobile devices. It takes a split second to check the box. It takes longer on a mobile device to see a non inserted photo. So inserted photos are better from the mobile user standpoint. 

Rich, I thought you were counting if it was two or three rail track. Don

Rich Melvin posted:

Here's the same image, only this time I clicked on the "Insert all photos and videos into post body (large size)" box.

There ya go...

By the way, that's me shooting video on Bill Bramlage's famous "Tower City" layout.

Nope...not counting rails. I'm moving a small video camera mounted on a flat car on a dolly left move.

I always insert the pics in the response and I always hide the attachments. I usually clip quotes down in size. I do often leave a photo or two if that is what I'm asking about or commenting on. Otherwise the context tends to get lost.

I'm pretty much live-and-let-live so I don't get exercised over people not following some precise protocol or posting lots of pics or quoting entire long posts. After all, it takes but a moment to either sort it out or to scroll-on-past!   

What I don't like is hyper-criticism of people who take their time to contribute here.

Also too, it has been said that a pic is worth a thousand words.