Questions tagged [images]
For questions about the images used on Stack Exchange sites or about using images in your own posts.
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Why are some images rendered correctly and some aren't
Since yesterday(?), I noticed that some images show just fine but some don't on the Stack Exchange sites.
For example, the uploaded image of this question on Cross Validated is shown like this (the ...
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In which case(s) are the uploaded animated gifs being resized?
I read:
The limitations are mostly imposed by third-party systems we use during the image upload process, and also when resizing animated gifs. [Troy Gould]
In which case(s) are uploaded animated ...
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What's the rationale behind placing a limit on uploaded gifs in terms of pixels? (instead of bytes or frame dimensions)
I read:
Image uploads are limited to 50 megapixels; please use a smaller image
What's the rationale behind placing a limit on uploaded gifs in terms of pixels? (instead of bytes or frame dimensions)
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Url protocol should not be required for image links
It is possible to write links without specifying the protocol, in this manner:
[This is a reference-style link][some-link]
[This is an inline-style link](//stackexchange.com)
[some-link]: //...
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WebP image thumbnails are unexpectedly converted to JPG format
I noticed a bug where the thumbnail versions of uploaded WebP images are being converted to JPG format.
For example, you might have an image at https://i.sstatic.net/12345.webp. However, when the ...
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Raise on-screen keyboard on touchscreen devices after image upload
Right after the image is uploaded to the site, i.e. "Add picture" is clicked, we see the text "enter image description here". That text is selected so the following keyboard input ...
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"Image uploads are limited to 50 megapixels" looks weird for animated GIF [duplicate]
I tried to upload animated GIF with the size less than 2MiB and dimensions 600 х 388, but got unexpected error message:
Image uploads are limited to 50 megapixels; please use a smaller image
It ...
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Remove `[Text]` from the no-alt-text warning message
Feature request: Remove [Text] from the no-alt-text warning message.
Screenshot taken on https://ell.stackexchange.com/
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What does `[Text]` refer to in the no-alt-text warning message?
What does [Text] refer to in the no-alt-text warning message?
Screenshot taken on https://ell.stackexchange.com/
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Improve upload error message for animated WebP images
Animated WebP images are not supported. The error message is misleading (test file):
Not a valid file type: please upload a bmp, gif, jpeg, png, or webp file.
Feature request: Improve upload error ...
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Some images uploaded in chat cannot be visited via the link
This is an intermittent failure and I cannot find a good way to reliably reproduce it.
Some times when uploading an image in chat it shows up but the link leads to a page that says "oh no, that ...
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i.sstatic.net is missing IPv6 DNS resolution
Cloudflare is about one of the easiest way to get a domain served over both IPv4 and IPv6. However the new image hosting domain doesn't have any AAAA records. Would it be too much to ask for images to ...
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Please enable hotlinking to images hosted under sstatic.net
I have just discovered that the new i.sstatic.net domain does not allow hotlinking. I assume it was done to prevent using the images outside of the SE network, however I kindly ask you to reconsider ...
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Cloudflare is causing i.sstatic.net images to return 429s
After loading a chat transcript with a large number of images, requests to i.sstatic.net have started returning 429s and a Cloudflare CAPTCHA check, which... seems to defeat the point of a dedicated ...
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Allow higher-resolution GIF images
Current limitation: One cannot upload animated GIF images with over 50 million pixels. This makes it impossible to upload HD animated images that have more than a few frames. E.g., if a gif has a ...
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