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Hotlinking images - don't do it please


Steve

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Here's a good one for Opera: -

 

https://addons.opera...image-uploader/

 

You might get an error saying it requires Opera 12.10 when you go to install it, but just click the little "get it anyway" text underneath that and it'll work in Opera 12.11 (the latest version).

 

Once it's installed you can just right-click any image and choose rightIMG - Quick Upload to Imgur. The Imgur page will then open in either a background or foreground tab, depending on how you've set it in the preferences.

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Hotlinking usually refers to embedding the image with BB Code, but some sites will also throw up a "no hotlinking" page/image if you simply post a link to an image and someone clicks on it, so I would prefer it if we could get into the habit of using an external hosting site like Imgur for all images.

 

The worst case scenario is a hotlinked image turning into a porn pic, or something even worse. As you have the original image still in your browser cache, you usually won't see that this has happened. I remember Gabe hotlinking an image and it turned into a pic of 3 old blokes having gay sex with "don't steal our bandwidth" written on it, lol. I've noticed a few images on here turning into "no hotlinking" images recently - not nasty ones thankfully - and I've fixed the posts by editing them, but really it's better if we all just use Imgur or a similar site.

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How often does this happen? It seems a bit mental to me :blink:

http://i.imgur.com/bnCBUT1.png

 

But Steve, there's no good reason to do this, even though you have given several reasons! :rolleyes:

 

Anyway, the reason I bumped this thread was to say that I found a better extension for Opera, for the couple of people here that use it: -

 

https://addons.opera.com/en-gb/extensions/details/rehost-to-imgur/

 

Just right-click any image on a web page and choose this: -

 

http://i.imgur.com/VCF9INi.jpg

 

Imgur will open in a new foreground tab and you can copy and paste the embed code.

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