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[tooki]

Although broken in aspect ratio, at least it loads quickly.

Was that really necessary, dude? You could have proved that point without being obnoxious (a 262,000 pixel wide image isn't necessary to demonstrate the problem). You do realize that touchscreens don’t have page up/down/home/end keys, meaning tons of manual scrolling just so you can feel smart about knowing that images can compress... 

(On the iPad, it's rendered vertically, and without scroll bars. Not sure why, since it renders fine on desktop Safari.)

[Simon]

As a general note phones seem to suck at jpeg compression. Just re-saving the file on a PC makes it much smaller.

[tooki]

As a general note phones seem to suck at jpeg compression. Just re-saving the file on a PC makes it much smaller.

Well, the camera apps are no doubt tweaked to err on the side of maintaining image quality over size. I also suspect that many phones use hardware compression to save power, but this of course is often less space efficient and can't be updated.

Intentionally boasted file size, just for the deception that the phone has better image quality. Common trick used by phone manufacturers.

I think valid, reproducible testing would be required before making such absurd claims.

[Simon]

Intentionally boasted file size, just for the deception that the phone has better image quality. Common trick used by phone manufacturers.

I think valid, reproducible testing would be required before making such absurd claims.

i agree but then Blueskull is notorious for living in an alternative reality.

[tooki]

I also suspect that many phones use hardware compression to save power, but this of course is often less space efficient and can't be updated.

JPEG is a feed forward algorithm. There's no speed factor in quality-size trade off unless you use skimp on word length (use 16 bit arithmetic rather than 32 bit, etc.).

Therefore, unlike iterative algorithms like MPEG4, there should not be any quality difference between a hardware encoder and a software encoder.

Hm, OK.

i agree but then Blueskull is notorious for living in an alternative reality.

Look, a new user in my ignore list.

Ignoring a forum mod/admin is a great way to get yourself banned, whether by announcing it like you did here, or by doing it silently and then not seeing a moderator's instructions to you in a reply you've hidden.

[RoGeorge]

Is this even possible?  On other forums, e.g. phpBB it was not possible to ignore moderators/admins.
Gotta try that miself!   

Later edit:
LOL, it worked.  I can even ignore Dave (EEVblog) if I want to.
It's funny 'cause it worked.   

[Simon]

Ignoring a forum mod/admin is a great way to get yourself banned, whether by announcing it like you did here, or by doing it silently and then not seeing a moderator's instructions to you in a reply you've hidden.

Mentally.

You've been doing that for ages already

[T3sl4co1l]

Ignoring a forum mod/admin is a great way to get yourself banned, whether by announcing it like you did here, or by doing it silently and then not seeing a moderator's instructions to you in a reply you've hidden.

blueskull has been banned on multiple occasions.

Y'know...

i agree but then Blueskull is notorious for living in an alternative reality.

Look, a new user in my ignore list.

...When you want to disprove a statement, you don't actually do it by flat denial.  You certainly don't do it by producing additional evidence in favor of the conclusion!

Tim