#24 bit lib usage
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I have a suggestion regarding the 24 bit file area.
Given that the file sizes are as large as they are (big!), why don't we
make sure that a small (IE 320×200) HAM image that shows what the 24 bit
file contains in a rough way. That would help users determine which, if
any, of the 24 bit files they are interested in.
I downloaded both the Turbo "plain of spheres" and the Toaster "DeskTop"
image… these took a long time (at $28/hr phone connect charges via
Mountain Bell). "DeskTop" is very nice, given that it is an NTSC image; the
other image, for me, was a total waste of time. It's fine – no problems –
but it is not visually interesting, at least to me.
A small HAM image would have told me which one I wanted, and saved me
approximately 50 minutes of connect time.
Also, there is a HAM animation in that library – why? Should that not be
somewhere else?
Lastly, I finally mailed a disk of 24 bit images to Steve Ahlstrom, so
there should be some more 24 bit critters in there soon. Actually it was
several disks. :^)
That suggestion has already been made, and we'll do our best to get the HAM
images uploaded. Unfortunately, some images that we try to convert require
a lot of memory and some of us (like me) don't have enough to do the
conversions. (Guess 3 MB isn't enough!) So, as a result it might take a
little longer to get the pics into the library, but they'll be there.
Thanks for pointing out the HAM animation, it will be moved to the
appropriate library.