Talk:William T. Young Library

image size
I originally removed the sizing specifications (saying: "- image sizing & alignment specifications, overriden by user-preferences if not hard-coded;"). What I meant by this, is that if we do not hard code an image size into the article, then the individual users' preferences (see Preferences>Files) will then dictate the size -- based on what sizes the reader wants. Whereas if we do hard-code the sizing  then that hard-coded size will override the users' preference and display at that size no matter what. That can be problematic. You may find that "its too small to be seen", but others may find it quite appropriate; whereas a width of 435 pixels takes over half of the screen real-estate at a 800×600 resolution. Capisce? —  pd_THOR  undefined | 05:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I have no idea what kind of monitor you are browsing with, but at 800x600, it shows up quite sufficiently. It may take up a little more real estate than you would prefer, but note that 800x600 viewsizes are a minority. My sites rack up a considerable amount of visitors that I can run statistics, and only 3% of my viewers use 800x600; Wikipedia's should be similar. What's next? Modifying the site for PDA's or SmartPhones? :P
 * Perhaps there is a way to grab a bigger image from a new file, because the existing image is horribly small. And 'user preferences' do not override - at the older version, I could not clearly see the image in its full size.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 06:05, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Wait. What?  The users' preferences don't override, the manual coding of images overrides the users' preferences.  If I go into my Preferences>Files and set my thumbnail size at 300px, then when I view this version, the image is thumbnailed at 300px.  If I change my preferences to 120px, then that same page will resize that thumbnail to 120px automatically -- based on my (the user) preferences.  If I choose to run at 640×480, and I set my preferences to 120px thumbnails, then the current version of the page effectively disregards my preferences in favour of the hard-coded image size. This same is detailed in the Manual of Style, under Images: Manual_of_Style.  —   pd_THOR  undefined | 06:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * pd_Thor is correct; hard-coded image sizes override user prefs. Perhaps the confusion is because the maximum thumb size in prefs is 300, which Seicer views as too small. &mdash; Chowbok  ☠  06:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)