[Yo-Yo]

Why? What are you going to do with the extra couple of inches of space on your computer screen, which will disappear when you move on to the next topic?

I know how to use the scale technique, but I don't see the necessity of saving a few inches of nothing.

Maybe because not all of us use the same screen resolution to view Free Republic as you do. Maybe if a 1402x689 image is displayed on a 1200 pixel wide monitor at full screen, or if displayed in a window that is less than full screen, the right edge gets cut off and you can't read the entire graphic.

With more and more images being ripped from the internet and used in Free Republic posts that are 4K or higher resolution, the need to scale images becomes more and more important.

It is a courtesy to the reader.

[USS Alaska]

It is a courtesy to the reader.

OK, I get your point.

[billyboy15]

“Maybe because not all of us use the same screen resolution to view Free Republic as you do.”

Easy enough to fix by using control-+ or - to increase or reduce scale.

Ever hear of k.i.s.s...keep it simple....