http://forum.lowyat.net/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:11:23 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/430787 I&#39;m just expressing my discontent on this forum software. Whenever I want to attach a screenshot, I face this problem.<br />Take this example <a href='http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=207929' target='_blank'>http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Atta...=post&id=207929</a><br />My original PNG file is 11.3kB, after attaching, the forum does some unnecessary work, recoding the image to JPEG sizing 55.9kB. The result is poorer image quality (mosquito artifacts) and multiple folds increase in file size.<br /><br />I can get by this problem by using GIF format, but for more than 90% of the time, PNG achieves smaller size. In this example, the GIF is 27.6kB (still better than the forum software auto-JPEG). Another way is by using external image hosting. But I prefer to store those 20kB pictures on forum.lowyat.net as it is most likely loads fastest for the users.<br /><br />So, my conclusion is this forum software is torturing itself, wasting computing resource, wasting disk space, wasting bandwidth. Solutions? xenon Main Site/Forum Feedback and Helpdesk Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:47:59 +0800