Re: why graphical screenshot? from a command prompt console window?

On 2026/2/17 10:43:40, Paul wrote:
> On Tue, 2/17/2026 5:01 AM, R.Wieser wrote:
>> Mr. Man-wai Chang,
>>
>>> But that's a different newsgroup. Not a good idea in terms of discussion.
>>
>> And uploading a file to another, completely unrelated server is better ? :-p

On the whole, yes; it doesn't put any load on newsservers.
>>
>> But yes, people would need to be aware that responding to the post with the 
>> attachment would do little good.  Just like an uploader would need to be 
>> aware that file servers have their own rules and hurdles (cough, javascript, 
>> cough) for anyone wanting to take a peek at their upload.

Yes, they're a pain (and see below re one of them and the UK) - though
understandable, they have to be funded somehow! [For something like a
screenshot, I tend to just stick it in a temp directory on my website,
but obviously that's only an option for those who have a website.]
>>
>>> You also need a way to tell others to go that newsgroup to see the image 
>>> by what, message-id? :)
>>
>> Thats the same problem as with those image/file servers.
>>
>> I could imagine prefixing the name of image with the subject of the thread 
>> its referred from.    Perhaps with the posters name appended.   Or even just 
>> the posters name.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rudy Wieser
> 
> The M-ID would work, but only for M-ID enabled News Clients.

Exactly.

> Betterbird or Thunderbird, may be about to gain this function.

Interesting; I didn't know that.
> 
> Storage in "de.alt.dateien.misc" would only be as deep
> as the retention on the server, so that could scroll off.

On the whole, the requirement for a screenshot isn't long, though. (And
what is the retention on the image/file sharing sites?)

> 
> Posting a URL to an image-server item isn't difficult, but
> you have to use a browser suited to the job. Some of the image-servers
> expect to be running their Javascript on the web page, and the
> web page may remain blank if the Javascript does not run.

I've noticed some posters (including you) include a hint to how to
minimise the worst effects.
> 
> And in the UK, at least one of the image-servers is blocked.

Indeed; when UK introduced responsibility legislation, that site just
decided to block UK, rather than - presumably - employ people to vet all
uploads; seems a reasonable action to me.

> 
>    Paul

John

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