Reply #263: Don't NEED server capacity, as far as I know. [View All]

[Nothing Without Hope]

I have a Mac. I just leave my mouse over the picture with the button down. A window appears with multi-choice menu. Depending on the nature of the source, there will be a variable number of choices. One of them is always "open link in a new window." I choose that and a new window opens with JUST the picture. The new URL ends in the ".jpg" suffix for this picture. I then paste the new picture link URL into my message and that's it. No server involved, as you're not sending the picture from your computer. You just paste the picture link like any other URL and the software at DU pulls in the picture to post. Gratifyingly simple.. Try it, you'll have a feeling of one more accomplishment before you go to bed.

Just to make it easy, here's the picture link from the new APOD pic you heads-upped me about MINUS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE "http" AT THE BEGINNING. (You're right, it's pretty awesome -- thanks, by the way.) Copy it, paste it into a new message, add the starting "h" so the link will work, and see what happens.

Born in Texas, Italian grandparents in San Antonio (really like that city), and revolutionary maternal genes -- yow! Sounds plenty charming to me! :toast:

I'll get a kick out of seeing if you can post this picture. Then next time you can get the picture link yourself - even with a (yuck, ptooie) Windows computer it should be very easy.

OK, so here's the picture link minus the first "h":
ttp://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/accretion_mpowen_full.jpg

Good luck and I look forward to seeing you later!
:hi: