fit on the screen does not really fit.

Hi Hartmuth,

unfortunately the file displayed there is 2560 pixels wide, so it cannot be made to fit  a wider screen unless I let the browser enlarge it, which will negatively impact the quality.

There would be two options to improve this:

1. Serve the original resolution file, but that file might just be too large in MB and you probably don't want that
2. Create another intermediate size file, say 4096 pixels wide, but because it would be generated on the fly only when requested the first time, and not many people having such large monitors, you'd always be waiting too long.

Both solutions seems imperfect for me, and given that there's a button to see the original size, I don't think I would work on this at this time.

If you have better suggestions please let me know!

Thanks!

Hi Hartmuth

Hartmuth Kintzel:
I don't understand the limit of 2560.

It's not a limit, it's that AstroBin generates a number of lower-resolution images in order to serve them at various size. It would not be efficient to serve the original resolution image at full size, when it's going to be displayed at a smaller size.

These smaller resolutions are for the gallery thumbnail, the regular view with the technical card, and the fit-to-window view.

When these resolutions were decided, many years ago, nobody had 4k monitors like yours, even tho today they are more common, so 2560 pixels was the size that I decided for the fit-to-size large view.

I will add to my list a task to add a larger size too, to fit 4k monitors and ultra-wides, that will be generated on demand when needed.

At this time I cannot commit to a release date for this feature, unfortunately, due to the large number of tasks in my list.

Thanks for understanding!
Salvatore