[Peter]

I think it would be useful to be able to upload files to a reply, so if discussing docks someone could simply attach a relevant picture to their message, it would save a lot of time, rather than firing up your ftp, uploading it, typing in the url etc etc.
Obviously there would be restrictions to what can be uploaded and a size limit.
Has this been asked before? I think it would be very handy.

[Zimphire]

Hey.. they could even start a subscription based fee...

[Peter]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Hey.. they could even start a subscription based fee...

and then restrict it to American users with .mac

[Peter]

uh I guess this wil never happen, hm?

[gorgonzola]

One concern is that we do NOT want people attaching images of unauthorized software by uploading it to our servers. We do not want to be hosting any Panther screenshots or anything like that. Resources are less of an issue.

So while the feature would have some legitimate uses, we'd have to cripple it to only allow images of a certain size and certain dimensions, and even then it would be too hard to police.

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