[TriLUG] image-platform problem

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sWLw075XJY0/VoEgaHbCi0I/AAAAAAAAAPU/7LORHfuBDK0ZAJxC1b_bZeA0KXMLRfDsQCEwYBhgL/

gets bigger picture

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> mver,
>
> When I examine the image at the link you provided, I see that its size is
> only 3.7 kB. If one tries to view it larger than that, it is bound to
> pixilate. No way around that. If it is used on a full sized web page, you
> could display it as tiles if you want to fill-up the screen.
>
> How did I find this info? In most browsers, right-click on the image and
> choose View Image Info. In Firefox, click on the General tab and see the
> title of the image with "(JPEG Image 140 x 93 pixels)" . . .  size 3.69 kB,
> which is approximately the product of 140 x 93. That will pixilate on
> virtually any screen if you try to expand it.
>
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> On 03/26/2018 02:01 PM, mver via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> Dear TriLUG'ers
>>
>> I have a website, courtesy of Mr. Google, on which I have an image that
>> works quite well as a background for header text.
>>
>> The image is at this link:
>>
>> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sWLw075XJY0/VoEgaHbCi0I/A
>> AAAAAAAAPU/7LORHfuBDK0ZAJxC1b_bZeA0KXMLRfDsQCEwYBhgL/w140-h9
>> 3-p/GS3513954.jpg
>>
>> and was inserted on the page with select | enter | etc.    NO PROBLEM.
>>
>> However, that image link, when pasted into Chrome, appears as a teeny
>> part of the screen and does not fill the browser window from side to side.
>>
>> AND, when one attempts to use it in non-laptop platforms (phone and
>> tablet) the little image pixilates badly.
>>
>> Any ideas on why it works in the web page site but not the Twitter or
>> Facebook sites?
>>
>> And on how to solve the problem, i.e. get the image to behave as it does
>> on the web site?
>>
>> Link to the [political] website is:
>>
>> https://sites.google.com/s/0B03ZCxlTaK_wVEpycDZHMHJzRjQ/p/
>> 0B03ZCxlTaK_wdU1xRnRWV3VzeTA/edit
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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