Has TLB HQ Moved to the Equator?

I'd imagine if Don had taken over the pictures in posts would be upside down. This sideways carry on is pants.

 

Not quite sure what I'm voting for, but it's the taking part that's important.

 

If I post using TLB .com the pictures are sideways but if I post using Tapatalk the pictures are ok

 

Upgrades , in my 'umble opinion , are never an actual improvement...

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I’m fed up with lying on my side everytime, just to get a normal pic.

 

@ReprobateUK - any ides what's going on?

 

Cheers

 

There was some discussion in this thread:
https://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/sideways-photos.88444/

It seems to be related to image dimensions. I suspect that when the server resizes large images down, it is not copying the EXIF data correctly, and loses the orientation flag

 

Is TLB still working with an old version of XenForo? Cursor positioning using Safari on an iPhone has been completely doolally for quite a while.

 

I'm guessing that there is some code that looks at the uploaded image and if it's over a certain maximum resolution, chucks it through a processor to shrink it. The issue seems to be with the image shrinker process

If the uploaded image is under the maximum resolution, that is the image that is displayed (original EXIF data intact). Otherwise it uses the shrunken image - with the cocked up orientation (original EXIF data not copied correctly to the shrunken image when it was created)

... at a guess

 

One thing that does seem confusing is the maximum file size on the upload dialog. It says maximum 3.1MB but still seems to allow much larger files. Perhaps that's a separate issue

 

This does work when added as a full image. There is still some weirdness with the attachment thumbnail though, which also loses orientation. Perhaps the file shrinker process is also being used to create the thumbnail image?

 

Is there actually a “file shrinker”? I can’t recall resizing or reduction in resolution taking place if I’ve tried to upload larger pics. Xenforo (assume that’s what is running at the server end) doesn’t seem to try resizing pics. It just complains about the overall file size.

 

I'm only guessing from the symptoms. I'm not familiar with Xenforo, it's just what makes sense in my software developer head

 

Certainly it only seems to be an issue since the server move the other week

 

I know nothing about it either , but as that’s what’s at the “other end”, you’d assume that’s what would do any image handling/manipulation.

 

Quite possibly. Maybe a bug that's not been fixed in the version TLB is on, or a missing patch