Way to change size of photos dragged directly from iPhoto to Mail?

[Cesar Alsina]

On Jan 29, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Jim Witte wrote:

> <rant>

Well, it's safe to ask, find out, and then rant... isn't it?

Anyway, Jim, iPhoto provides the interface right there in the main  
window showing a proud Mail icon. Can't get any easier.

Select the photo(s) you want to share, then click the Mail icon.  
iPhoto shows you some choices, click here, click there.
Mails opens, with all your photos in glory resized. Embellish with  
text, send.

Also, for power users, those who drag and drop stuff, Mail provides a  
small menu at the bottom of the window that appears after the  
dragging&dropping which allows you to choose small, medium, and actual  
size, if I remember correctly.

c

On Jan 29, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Jim Witte wrote:

> Why isn't there a way to do this, or is there in a newer version of  
> iPhoto?  Yeah, I know I can use Downsize or some similar program,  
> but that's another step that just confuses things for novice uses  
> like my mother.  Yeah, I know I could probably write a set of drag/ 
> drop handlers with APE, but that would take more programming talent  
> than I have (by a lot).
>
>  Ideally, I drag a photo out, it should ask me if I want to risize  
> it - if I do it should come up in a little window with drag  
> handles.  Resize, hit enter, and boom, it's resized in inserted into  
> the mail message.  There should also be a popup for JPG, TIFF, PNG,  
> and a slider for image size/quality if appropriate at the bottom.   
> This would fit in well with the QuickLook interface as I understand  
> it (I haven't seen it myself).
>
> <rant>
>  Aren't Macs supposed to be simple for the novice user?  And yet  
> every day helping my mother, I find more little things that don't  
> make sense, functions that are kind of hidden (the "discovery  
> interface" - fine in you're a person who likes to discover things.   
> Some people aren't.)  Interface elements like that describe above  
> that just aren't there..
>
>  I think it's because after a group of people who designs an  
> interface spends even two hours working with (or ON) it, it IS  
> intuitive.  Completely.  FOR THEM.  Because that's the way  
> interfaces work for people who are not novices - you learn them, and  
> then you can't ever imagine them working any other way, or NEEDING  
> to work any other way.  But throw that interface at a novice who  
> just wants to export a photo from iPhoto to Mail at something less  
> than full size (visual and file size)?  Can't do it, except with  
> export that I can see, and there you can't see a preview of how big  
> the file is going to look. And Mail doesn't have any way to scale  
> images that I know of - even though I think HTML can do this.  (Not  
> everything may support it though..)
> <end of rant>
>
> Jim
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