Hi all. Does anyone know how to post images from BlueSky? Not the link to the posting, just the image. Thanks. n/t

[usonian]

5. If you can right click or conrol click on the image, save it to disk.

Now OHHH NOOOOH, it's a Google Format webp image that DU won't display when uploaded to a host.

https://i.ibb.co/VYRpBzBm/bafkreiafrxrgp6e6si3szcvsneg6iwoqpuqddxzuzxjbbwccpgq23jfmna.webp

As you can see, when I send the webp image to a host, DU only shows the link!

SOOOOOO

On a mac, open the image with Preview.app and right click or control click --- EXPORT (to jpeg)

Now you can upload THE NEW JPEG to a host and get the link to post it on DU.

THIS IS NUTS.

Wastes a bunch of my time, since I post lots and lots of images (and do quite a bit of image editing.)

Wish it were easier. You might forward this thread to EarlG, or post it in ComputerHelp, which the admins monitor regularly.



---- NOTE ----
If you just right click or control click on the Bluesky image to "copy image link" you get this

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zve5hj4hhsmntjpuqkg2pbvy/bafkreiafrxrgp6e6si3szcvsneg6iwoqpuqddxzuzxjbbwccpgq23jfmna

Which is insanely un-useful, and DU will not render it (as you can see from the above)
Blame Jack Dorsey, inventor of Bluesky (and Twitter) for that user-hostile decision.

---- NOTE 2 -----
Taking a screenshot should give you a jpeg or png image that you can send to a host, saving steps.
But it depends on how your system does screenshots.

I did that to prepare the image above.

"The internet is one tough town"