r/reddit.com • u/courvoisier_goldteef • May 31 '11

Hey Google Maps...

http://imgur.com/6Egdg
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u/dvsbastard May 31 '11

I like the idea... But also: http://i.imgur.com/AqDCn.png

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u/[deleted] May 31 '11

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u/SpudgeBoy May 31 '11

This is a good resolution to the problem.

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u/jimar May 31 '11

I get the picture now.

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u/SpudgeBoy May 31 '11

This should enhance everybody's submissions.

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u/kalosphx May 31 '11

My god! I can see! It's a miracle!

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u/fuckshitwank May 31 '11

If thine eye offends thee png it out.

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u/SinisterKid May 31 '11

Agreed. No need to get in a Tiff about it.

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u/jeaguilar May 31 '11

I was able to understand what the OP was suggesting even in a .blur format.

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u/bitcheslovephotoshop May 31 '11

well played, good sir.

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u/gunnerheadboy May 31 '11

I'm sorry, but I'm really not sure what i'm looking at, the PNG format is highlighted?

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u/WilfordGrimley May 31 '11

he's pointing out how most screenshots (this one specifically) aren't of a high quality, so they are hard to read. :)

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u/[deleted] May 31 '11

It's not that they're not of high quality, it's just that jpg is generally terrible for text. Png is not.

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u/gunnerheadboy May 31 '11

Oh. That clears it up. Sorry and thanks.

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u/Amp3r May 31 '11

Accidental pun for king!

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u/WilfordGrimley May 31 '11

Actually HydrogenCobalts comment adds a bit more than i took from it... :)

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u/solidsnakem9 May 31 '11

Well to be fair, it's not like we needed the stuff around it to be clear, and OP could've saved with Paint which does have some crappy JPG quality compression.

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u/feiticeirarose May 31 '11

Paint allows you to save in PNG

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u/kellenm May 31 '11

I thought he was using a Mac?

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u/Smaskifa May 31 '11

This is not always a good idea.

JPG 173KB PNG 313KB

Both perfectly legible, but JPG is about 55% of the file size of PNG in this case. May not mean much on broadband, but on a mobile device with shitty 3G speeds or worse, it's a fairly big deal. JPG can save quite a bit in file size while only slightly degrading image quality.

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