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That Shrinking Feeling...

gene hole on July 27, 2011

hey guys. The recent changes at DD, aka “The Duck” have kinda left me cold. never mind the colors, or the forum ugliness, the gateway errors and all the rest, but the compression and resizing of the artwork fills me with dismay. Whensdays was created with a specific size and layout in mind, and when it is shrunk down to less than 1/2 of its original size, the images lose impact and the text loses readability. Since the ability to upload large images was one of my main reasons for choosind DrunkDuck, the loss of this feature forces me to make a tough choice and migrate the comic to another site. I'll probably stick around for a while & see if any improvements happen, but until things change around here, I'll be posting my updates at http://whensdays.thecomicstrip.org/
hope to see you guys around!

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Yves Ker Ambrun at 6:47AM, Nov. 21, 2011

It still looks great, Gene! Wonderful comic, great art and stunning lay-outs. Love it! Yves

anonymous at 11:43AM, Aug. 10, 2011

It's a shame you're considering leaving. For what it's worth I kind of appreciate the resizing on your comic. I've got a pretty wide monitor but the size you uploaded them meant I had to scroll all over the place to read it, which I really disliked. I think the smaller versions are still perfectly readable and don't mean I have to do horizontal scrolling.

PaulEberhardt at 7:44AM, July 28, 2011

It's a pity to hear about that but it's totally understandable. We'll miss you around here, though. :(

gene hole at 7:25AM, July 28, 2011

take this file i just uploaded-- it was 1865x 2223 when i uploaded it. (though in this case I don't mind as the resizing was expected, and even a part of the gag)

gene hole at 7:23AM, July 28, 2011

the compression may not be, but the resizing was.

smkinoshita at 7:05AM, July 28, 2011

@Gene Hole -- The compression thing wasn't intentional at all, they made a post about how the other pages were compressed into JPG's accidentally. Despite everything, I highly recommend sticking to a strong comic community. Even if the Duck isn't your community anymore, it's very important to at least find a new one.

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