Subj : Enabling embedded pictures in Messages
To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Mar 05 2022 19:26:00

Hello Carol Shenkenberger!

** On Saturday 05.03.22 - 15:47, Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Tim Schattkowsky:

 >> My idea for the latter would be to include the .jpg as Base64 and add a
 >> klud to it for inline-display. This could also be done for multiple
 >> images.
 >>
 >> An alternative would be including a link to the picture like we do today,
 >> bu enabling the reader to automatically download such pictures and maybe
 >> includ automated upload/linking of the image in the editor. However, that
 >> would be quite dependent on other services.
 >>
 >> *What do you think?*
 >>
 >> Regards,
 >> Tim

 CS> Tim, I like the last one.  An OLR that would then include the picture
 CS> from a posted link, if I follow you right.


As a person who has a limited amount of data per month with  
mobile data, I would not appreciate an influx of .jpg data in  
the mix.  A hot link to serve the intended image at the bbs  
node or an agreed upon central node would be better.

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