[Foundation-l] discussion about banning external hotlinking

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Simetrical
<Simetrical+wikilist at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  I think the flickr style size links on top is preferable ... less
>> likely to get missed.
>
> I don't actually see anywhere to copy and paste HTML to hotlink images
> from Flickr.  I only see a download link, and that only after clicking
> a tiny and easily-missed "All Sizes" link just above the image.  Does
> the HTML only appear on some images?
>
> If we're talking about likelihood of getting missed, ImageShack's
> approach sure seems to be pretty noticeable:
>
> http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1sp3.png
>
> But that uses a lot of screen real estate.

I'd prefer something at the top which, when clicked, brings up a page
with stuff like your imageshack example.