Media Post issues and feature request
/u/Cicero I beseech thee.
The "select files" menu notes a 10mb size limit however the limit appears to be 6mb. Also there is a maximum of 10 images that can be uploaded but attempts to upload 10 images generates an error saying you've tried to upload more than 10. Also, also if you exceed the files size limit the upload will hard fail to a server message. Examples of all this stuff attached as one image because there's a 150px minimum file width/height for images for some reason. Note: Caption says "attempting to upload over 10mb of images" however that is probably also capped a 6mb but I didn't test for which specifically in that case.
Now the feature request:
Allow users to order/reorder their image uploads.
RN images upload randomly- EDIT: Ymous figured out they upload in whichever order the server receives them in which can be different based on the user's browser or other variables. If a person's browser sends the files in the sequence they were selected in then they will display that way. If the browser sends them alphanumerically they'll display in 0-Z order and so on. While not random, given the unpredictability of user client & OS set-ups the results are confusingly variable. I'd say that supports the need to have a way for users to set the order the images will show up in somehow.
Edited 1 month ago
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>RN images upload randomly
For me, the order of the images is the order in which I select them in the browser's image picker. I'm on Chrome, Android.
OK I just tested it 3 times, last test still up here: https://mainchan.com/s/test/6828/Image-ordering-test-3
And I've figured out- EDIT: jack shit because ymous just proved my interpretation of the data wrong.
I just did some testing too
https://mainchan.com/s/testsub/6829/image-order-test
Looks like file name doesn't matter on my end. It ends up showing up only in the order I selected.
What I think is happening here is that different browsers arrange the files differently in the submission request. Mainchan itself probably doesn't look at filename but only at whatever order the files arrive in.
Good stuff mate. I've updated the OP to reflect your findings. A system that has variable results like this based on the user's set-up should be standardized so people can get images to show in the correct order the first time and every time regardless of their client. Thanks for helping me sus out what was actually going on. If Mainchan Gold was still a thing I'd give you some.
The videos being 6mb max is on purpose. I should probably write that somewhere so users don't get angered.
As for the images, 413 entity too large is because you're going over the 10MB PHP max file upload size somehow (pic rel), which shouldn't be possible since I do backend validation.
maybe I reduce the max number of images. lazy fix.