= Сообщение: 6210 из 7128 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Carol Shenkenberger 1:275/100 05 Mar 22 15:47:39 Кому : Tim Schattkowsky 05 Mar 22 15:47:39 Тема : Enabling embedded pictures in Messages FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=8459.ftsc_pub@1:275/100+26892376 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:240/1120.29+312b9189 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:221/1.58@fidonet+fa25eb9a ============================================================================== Re: Enabling embedded pictures in Messages By: Tim Schattkowsky to All on Thu Feb 10 2022 02:42 pm
> Hello All, > > when using Fido today I regularly hit the wall when I notice that I would li > to *attach at least a picture* to illustrate something. Also, people keep > sendig me fido messages that refer to pictures put on their web space. This > feels odd. > > Also, the current practice for *text styles is limited* in application and n > well-defined. Still, this seems to be the minor of the two issues. > > I think this is really something that could/should be addressed in some way > enable relevant contemporary communication through fido. > > To adress this, I see _at least_ two options: > > 1) Do it fully email-style by using MIME with HTML text and embedded/referen > pictures. This will be a lot to implement and particularly difficult to > handle in 16-Bit software due to memory restrictions and lack of framewor > Also, memory comes to mind when considering the size of the resulting > messages. Using @SPLIT, these could be extended beyound 63k, but the > resulting messages might be considered an annoyance. > 2) Define a simple fidonet-compatible way that is more in line with existing > fido technology (particularly a maximum message length of 63k) but still > enables including at least a picture and maybe simple text styles while > maintaining readability on non-compatible systems. > > I find both alternatives interesting, but currently I prefer the latter with > focus on embedding the picture. The idea would by to have something that is > more like the ability to post a picture on social media platforms. So instea > of providing half a text processor for creating formatted text, people can j > include the picture with their fidonet mail and ideally the editor will > recompress the picture as needed to a jpg to limit the resuling message size > including the encoding picture to 63k. > > My idea for the latter would be to include the .jpg as Base64 and add a klud > to it for inline-display. This could also be done for multiple images. > > An alternative would be including a link to the picture like we do today, bu > enabling the reader to automatically download such pictures and maybe includ > automated upload/linking of the image in the editor. However, that would be > quite dependent on other services. > > *What do you think?* > > Regards, > Tim
Tim, I like the last one. An OLR that would then include the picture from a posted link, if I follow you right.
