***BOGO*** Re: What's the easiest method to reference screen shots in the new screenshots group?

["Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T" <pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

squaredancer wrote:
> On 27.08.2008 16:49, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Phillip M. 
> Jones, C.E.T to generate the following:? :
>> Ken Whiton wrote:
>>   
>>> *-* On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, at 04:59:44 +0200,
>>> *-* In Article kNmdnfb38NqnXinVnZ2dnUVZ_sninZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
>>> *-* GerardJan wrote
>>> *-* About Subject: Re: What's the easiest method to reference screen 
>>> shots in the new screenshots group?
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>>>>       
>>>            [ ... ]
>>>
>>>     
>>>>> Oh well just make reference and hope they can find.
>>>>>         
>>>> Yes, Phillip, I think you have right...
>>>> There needs to be a method to shrink your screenshot, I have one of
>>>> those flatscreens of 1440x1024 pixels, that would be way too much to
>>>> include in a message, or am I wrong again ?
>>>>       
>>>       I can think of at least two suggestions:
>>>
>>>       1. If all you need to show is a portion of the screen, use an
>>>          image editing program to crop the unneeded portion(s) before
>>>          posting.
>>>
>>>       2. If you do need to show the entire screen, some image editing
>>>          programs (e.g., the GIMP) can "scale" images to different
>>>          sizes.  In the case of your 1440x1024 screen, it could be
>>>          scaled to 1080x768 or to 720x512, just to give a couple of
>>>          examples.
>>>
>>>                                          Ken Whiton
>>>
>>>      FIDO: 1:132/152
>>> InterNet: kenwhiton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (remove the obvious to reply)
>>>     
>>
>>
>> What I am really trying to do is when I need to make a reference to a 
>> Post say a screenshot about a a menu choice in Preferences in answering 
>> a question. I just want to insert a reference to go to:
>>
>> news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.support.screenshots
>>
>> and view post named in reference to this question.
>>
>> In communicator day doing the above would either drop you into that 
>> group when the link was clicked. Or if you were not subscribed it would 
>> subscribe you.
>>
>> This no long appears to work.
>>
>> I tried peter's method and it does actually bring you to exact message 
>> but it shows screens full of header information.
>>
>> His method is while in your screenshot right click and choose copy 
>> location.
>>   
> 
>> Apparently there is no easy way to get people to the group.
>>   
> 
> that will please ChrisI no end, won't it ??
> 
> But, being able to give a direct link to a certain post (ie - the screen 
> shots) would be nice.... something for the (disinterested) moz freaks to 
> work on!
> 
> reg
>>
>>   
> 
Peter's method of while in the posted screen shot do right click and 
choose copy location works for that; *But*, also copies about a screen 
and a half to two screens full of header information which shouldn't bee 
seen in the first place (just thinks what good information a spammer 
could glean from all that info). Before getting to what's posted.

And by doing that adds to the size of the post. Something else could be 
considered in killing the group. If you could copy location and it would 
just bounce you into the desired post with no header info than in the 
actual post. Maybe.

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