Why 800 pixles?

I wonder, with most of the laptop and desktop screens having at least 1400 pixels or more on the long side why is the posting size limited to 800 pixels? I know some people might be concerned about image theft but most of what you can do with a 1024pixel image you can also do with 800pixels in terms of printing. The problem I have is that subtle beauty and feather detail is often lost after I re-size my photos to 800 pixels, they just lose their magic

Because at least 25% of our viewers still cannot view anything larger without scrolling - ESP verticals. That said we are working toward a better solution so stay tuned...

Thanks, if you are looking at web statistics for screen resolution the 25% is probably coming from mobile devices(?) Vert I agree 800pix is enough, but for horizontal...

Ahazeghi,

If by "mobile devices", you include smaller laptops and netbooks, you may be right. But I think those need to be considered. (I wouldn't worry about people checking into NSN on their iPhones, though.) My own laptop isn't terribly small, but is getting a bit aged, and its vertical resolution is 800 px, which already means I can't see a whole image inside a browser frame if that image has more than 750 or so vertical pixels. And when I replace that laptop, I want to get one which is physically smaller (although it's certainly possible a smaller screen today will have more pixels on it), as I dislike travelling with the big one.

-Paul

The solution to that would be adding a feature that allows automatic or manual resizing based on the screen resolution, the iphone screen actually has better color/contrast reproduction than the lousy/cheap LCDs found in netbooks and small laptops...not bad for displaying photos

Arash

Arash - yes you are correct that is the solution. However it is easier said than done but we ARE working on getting to that point...

thanks Greg, looking forward to 1024 pixels and more!