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It's going to take some major work, but I'll have control over images. Width, height, etc. I will be able to deny images that are too wide or to tall, or too many kilobytes. The poster of the thread will be able to turn off all images. Each user will be able to turn off images, or not show images that exceed a kilobyte threshold. (Ie, you will be able to disable images that are greater than 32k. Good for modem users.)

And I'm going to make posting images a super-snap. It will be as simple as putting <photo> in your post, and the posting program will prompt you to choose a photo from your photo album, or upload one. It will also automatically find stuff like <img src="c:\my documents\my picture.gif"> and prompt for an upload.

Additionally, I'll make it so posts can be truncated after a certain number of bytes. Again, good for modem users just skimming the thread.

Before I can do any of this, I have to rewrite the forum software, and reduce bandwidth consumption by a large factor. (Because hosting images is going to consume most of those savings--but I'll be able to turn images off when bandwidth is limited.)