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Looks like image pastings no longer work the same way as of a couple days ago. Instead, using the standard markup "![]()" auto-stretches images to view. Is there a way to override that behavior, so

The change does make perfect sense to me for mobile users, but I find it cumbersome and annoying when viewing via desktop. I.e., thumbnails are a thing for good reasons.

Note: I've no idea at the moment whether this behavior holds true when viewing PF posts using other FV software (Lemmy, etc).

Here's an example of a posting I made the other day in which I was expecting all the images in the body to be thumbnails, but instead they got auto-stretched to width: https://piefed.social/post/1377770

Problem is-- it tends to turn something which I designed to be a relatively quick read in to something that requires a load of scrolling to get through.

Thanks for any suggestions!

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  • Yes, I've been messing with that.

    It's quite difficult to find something that works for all images, especially when markdown has no image formatting controls.

    • I suppose I could try hand-creating the thumbnails to appear as images in the body of a post, then double-nesting them, with the full image linked inside. That used to work on the Lemmy side, anyway.

      Guess I should test that out...

      • I've been trying this out:

        https://crust.piefed.social/post/59031

        Read the comment below the post.

        NB this only works on crust.piefed.social at present, it's not on piefed.social because it's a bit risky. I want to see what breaks first.

      • You could but it's more work than we can expect most people to do, especially on a mobile device. I'm going to see what I can do from my end to improve the formatting without losing the benefits I was aiming for with the earlier change.

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