DOS Games Discussion

wardrich · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: Image Hosts

I was thinking about doing up a reference sticky of image hosts... Throw up your favourite(s).


Fumpr	Image Shack	Photobucket
Fastest site I've found so far. Not sure how long the images live on this site, though. Not too sure what the size restrictions are, either.	One of the more popular sites, fairly fast at loading, allows all common image formats. Also allows you to resize the image and pick from different thumbnails. No images bigger than 1.53mb.	Requires a free registration to use, upload speed is quite fast. Allows you to upload multiple images at a time, allows different option limitations to suit your needs best. Best option if you plan on using images more than once, since the other sites on this list are "disposable links" meaning that if you lose them, you're going to have to upload the picture again. Photobucket also allows you to have your own image galleries, and password protection for them so that nobody else can see the whole gallery.

Tinypic	Hiboox	VuloMedia
Tinypic allows you to host images or videos without the need to register. There is an option to register for an account if you wish, probably so you can keep track of your images. They also have a feature that allows you to add different effects to your uploaded images.	As made obvious by the .fr domain, this site is all in french, and you do have to register for an account. That said, if you suck at deciphering foreign languages and aren't french, you should probably avoid this one. It's upload system is really nice, though. Didn't really spend much time on it, so I'm not sure what kind of restrictions it has.	VuloMedia's interface is VERY simple. It's light weight and contains the bare essentials. That said, the site loads incredibly fast. After uploading an image, you're given the usual links and image preview, but also a "Kill Code" which is a unique hash that you can enter in at any time to remove your image off of the site.

xs.to
xs.to isn't the most visually attractive site in my opinion, the layout took a bit of time to load, too. The upload went at a reasonable speed, but I have seen faster. No account needed, but registration is available if wanted.

wardrich · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject:

Why do tables leave that huuuge chunk of space above them? Sad

This is my code for the above post...

dosraider · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject:

http://www.tinypic.com/
http://www.hiboox.fr/
http://www.vulomedia.com/
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Dogbreath · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject:

I must express my dislike for Photobucket, mainly because it has a habit of deleting your photos after a month or two. This is a little annoying for people like me who don't constantly update their photos, but still like having photos around for a year or three. (for avatars, sigs, "show yourself" threads, etc.)

Normally when hosting photos meant solely for this forum, I just ~~abuse~~ graciously and wisely use dosgames.com to host them. (The relative bandwidth use is small enough to go practically unnoticed)

Wardrich seemingly is a more scrupled man than I, as his image folder only as 2 images in it.

Mr. Worm · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

I use my personal site and sometimes my school's site (I really hope they never run out of bandwidth).

Larry Laffer · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject:

Cmaza · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject:

*shrugs*

I gotta go with DB here. I've never been particularily fond of using image hosting websites for my images and etcetera at all anyhow... I almost always solely use my own hosting for that sort of thing (Zyrv).