Displaying pictures for this NG

[Donwill]

What do users recommend for displaying pictures linked to messages on this NG. I've tried photobucket but I don't find it easy to do what I want on it

[Lobster]

So what _do_ you want it to do that photobucket doesn't?!

Personally

works for me, for just a simple link to a single image - no account needed, very straightforward.

David

[Dave Osborne]

I use tinypic

then post the "direct link for layouts" so the image displays without the attendant crap.

e.g.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Eh? Just copy and paste the direct link to the pic you've uploaded on here.

Like this:-

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Donwill saying something like:

Simplest way, without an account, is

Easy upload, just grab the url when it's finished.

Best viewed with a popup blocker in place.

[fred]

flash, javascript or automatic redirection required. perfect for the old school newsgrouper.

[John Rumm]

If its one likely to be of use for a while, stick it on the wiki...

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Photobucket actually works with the ancient browser on this RISC OS machine - which is one reason I still use it.

[Dave Liquorice]

I use

[Another John]

I *started* to use that, since so many other people (outside DIY) use it, then got bogged down in (and resentful of) all the attendant registration malarkey.

I turned to tinypic: exactly what I wanted: perfect.

John