Please please PLEASE can I post umolested URLs? (IMGUR, YouTube)

[mxnerd]

I think it's very reasonable that imgur does not allow direct image file links.

Imgur end users upload tons of images every day for free,

if allowing direct file links, imgur will not be able to show ads that at least make them some money.

 

[Ichinisan]

I think it's very reasonable that imgur does not allow direct image file links.

Imgur end users upload tons of images every day for free,

if allowing direct file links, imgur will not be able to show ads that at least make them some money.

I think acting as a free image host is how they built a user base.

 

[WelshBloke]

I think acting as a free image host is how they built a user base.

And advertising is what enables them to continue as a free image host to that user base.

 

[mindless1]

Image tags seem to work for me? Sorry too lazy to read entire topic.

 

[mindless1]

Random image from imgur.com with https

https://i.imgur.com/ytLOol1.jpg

Got the same "image can not be loaded from the passed link" error as yours if I try to link that eagle photo from your server, however.

Test image I just uploaded to imgur seems to work fine?

 

[mxnerd]

Test image I just uploaded to imgur seems to work fine?

No idea. Yours image works fine. The last random image I linked does not work anymore.

It's just so random.

 

[WelshBloke]

Why use an image host anyway? You can just directly post images.

 

[mindless1]

^ I just got used to posting to 3rd party because some forums (don't know about AT) have image resolution or file size limits.

 

[mindless1]

Image tags seem to work for me? Sorry too lazy to read entire topic.

Okay above post had that eagle flying pic posted previously, I can see it in older firefox but not in chrome.

 

[WelshBloke]

Okay above post had that eagle flying pic posted previously, I can see it in older firefox but not in chrome.

Eh? It had a picture of a random plant for me.

 

[mindless1]

^ No the post I quoted which was the post just prior to the plant pic post, where I wrote "Image tags seem to work for me? Sorry too lazy to read entire topic. " has an embedded link to picture of a bird flying, which I can see on my post with firefox but not chrome.

It's what Ironwing posted in this post and the following URL:

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http://www.mineralarts.com/images/zonetail_2020_04_23a.jpg

If I put IMG around that link, I can see it in firefox but not chrome.

 

[WelshBloke]

^ No the post I quoted which was the post just prior to the plant pic post, where I wrote "Image tags seem to work for me? Sorry too lazy to read entire topic. " has an embedded link to picture of a bird flying, which I can see on my post with firefox but not chrome.

I get no hints of an image at all in that post!

 

[mxnerd]

^ No the post I quoted which was the post just prior to the plant pic post, where I wrote "Image tags seem to work for me? Sorry too lazy to read entire topic. " has an embedded link to picture of a bird flying, which I can see on my post with firefox but not chrome.

It's what Ironwing posted in this post and the following URL:

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http://www.mineralarts.com/images/zonetail_2020_04_23a.jpg

If I put IMG around that link, I can see it in firefox but not chrome.

That's because Chrome no longer allow mixed http/https contents.

Chrome will automatically upgrade the traffic to https IF the site has an SSL certificate. If not, it will block the image.

Why would some people's A/V flag my domains as malicious?

This was in another thread, basically lot of people saying that images from my server either don't show up, or get flagged by their antivirus as being malicious. What would cause this and how can I fix it? The domain in question is gal.redsquirrel.me, but I assume it would probably do it to...

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[mindless1]

^ Yeah it's great when companies break things for my own good, when the only problem I ever had was them breaking it.