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Image Compression
December 8, 2011
12:47 pm
RazzleDazzle
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When there's text inside an image, it's often pixelated to the point of being illegible.

Just wondering if anyone been able to find a way around this. Thanks.

December 8, 2011
1:08 pm
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It's all up the phone's native resolution. If text inside an image is pixelated, try to get a higher resolution of the image, otherwise the phone's display won't be able to display it properly.

December 8, 2011
1:26 pm
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That is not entirely accurate. I have seen this issue on an iphone 3gs for some images. Using Opera Mini to view it usually will improve the resolution. I think this is because of how Opera's servers compress the image.

December 8, 2011
2:33 pm
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When I switch to wifi, the problem disappears. For instance, in 3G, images in the app store are pixalated, but once I switch to wifi, it's better again. Same goes for other pages, so I think it probably has to do with the proxy.

December 8, 2011
3:06 pm
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Yup, I have the same issue. Give Opera a try.

December 8, 2011
3:36 pm
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avatarseipher said:

That is not entirely accurate. I have seen this issue on an iphone 3gs for some images. Using Opera Mini to view it usually will improve the resolution. I think this is because of how Opera's servers compress the image.


That's fine. The original post never mentioned what phone was being used, or even if they were using a browser/application.

December 8, 2011
4:26 pm
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Another workaround is to use https instead of http if you have the option. The proxy cannot compress encrypted web pages.

December 8, 2011
6:49 pm
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Thanks for the suggestions. I did a quick check using a news website, and the Opera browser really does make images much more viewable!