Attached images not visible when not logged in

[Lars Hansen]

Hi - I'm no longer able to view attached images unless I'm logging in. I have no problems viewing other images.

Lars

[Bjørn Rørslett]

If by forum software design, I for one would like to keep the behavior the same. Saves us  lot of bandwidth ...

[John Geerts]

Hi - I'm no longer able to view attached images unless I'm logging in. I have no problems viewing other images.

Lars

Yes, noticed this Yesterday for the first time.

[Lars Hansen]

If by forum software design, I for one would like to keep the behavior the same. Saves us  lot of bandwidth ...

I usually only login when I occasionally want to post something - rest of the time I browse the site as a guest (from different devices) so the old setting suits me far better.   

[John Geerts]

Yes. True Lars.   It also means now that guests won't be able to see images. If they want to see a photo they are now forced to make an account and log in. 

Am I right in assuming this is a changed policy on NikonGear?

[Seapy]

I intentionally logged out, it seems to apply to NG hosted images and other hosts such as Flicker.  I don't see how blocking externally hosted images saved NG bandwidth?  Also I would have thought the majority of users will be posing images hosted externally.

I have never logged out before, whenever I load the NG site in my browser I am logged in.

[Akira]

I basically log in "forever", and the only time I log out is when I clear the cache of the browsers occasionally.

I can log in from mobile devices without logging out on my desktop PC.  So, I don't see any need of logging out.

I never stay logged in on any SNS websites, though.

[Andrea B.]

Is this still happening for anyone?
If so, I will look into it.
Thanks in advance to anyone letting me know.

(FWIW, I can see images if logged out.)

[Lorne]

Just checked a couple threads (Best Unsharp, minimalist images, and b&w's) on my iMac and iPad all the photos were visible whether I was logged in or not. This was using both Safari and Chrome.

[John Geerts]

Checked it too in Firefox, desktop and mobile and it seems that  'the problem' solved itself 

[Seapy]

The gremlins seem to have gone. 

For me it's handy if I want to show somebody a photo which is on this site, on their computer, it saves me entering my login credentials on their computer.