Resize/compress pictures when sending mail

[Macario Valle]

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 16:48 -0600, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> On 10/26/07, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
> > All these are very nice but that do you use in firefox?
> 
> Do you really use firefox as your file browser?  These tools are for
> use in your file browser.  Pre-Gutsy, that was konqueror.  Now it
> defaults to dolphin, but I think the service menu still works.
> 
> If you use firefox for browsing the filesystem I don't have advise.  Sorry.
> 
> Michael
> 
> > On 10/26/07, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 10/24/07, Karl Vanwynsberghe < karl.vanwynsberghe at telenet.be> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Is there also something like the following in win-XP.
> > > > => When sending multiple pictures via explorer then you have a option to
> > > > resize all the pitures.
> > > > This way you're able to send morepictures at once.
> > >
> > > I get to plug my solution.  It's a KDE Service Menu which can be found
> > > here:
> > http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/resizePhotos?content=49611
> > >
> > > It's just a simple shell script (but with GUI feedback!).  if you
> > > install it in the right place, puts an "Action" on the right-click
> > > menu to resize the photos.
> > >
> > > I use it all the time, and so does my wife.  Give it a try.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > > Here's the description:
> > > resizePhoto is a nice service menu to resize your photos to a size
> > > suitable for emailing. It will resize any picture so that it is no
> > > more than 640 pixels on a side while preserving the aspect ration.
> > > This size can easily be changed by editing a text file.
> > >
> > > You can resize any number of photos simultaneously by multiselecting
> > > them in Konqueror, then choosing the "Resize Photo" service menu.
> > >
> > > A dialog will display the progress. The dialog has a cancel button.
> > >
> > > Usage:
> > > Open a folder containing some image files (.png, .jpg, .gif) in Konqueror.
> > >
> > > Select one or several of these files.
> > >
> > > Right-click one of the selected file and select Action->Resize Photo.
> > > (See first screenshot.)
> > >

> > > A dialog will appear showing the progress of the resizing. (See second
> > > screenshot.) Press cancel if you so desire.
> > >
> > > A folder named "Sized" will appear in the image folder. The resized
> > > photos are in that folder.
> > >
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Don't use firefox for file browsing.  That like using a spoon to cut
your steak!  Firefox is a good browser, but not even a decent file
browser.  Like the spook for cutting, it will do the job, but it will be
painfull.