PEAKD has spoiled me as far as photos are concerned on the Internet! Before I state why this is true, let's explain what PEAKD is (for those who do not know).
In short, PEAKD (pronounced: peak dee, not "peaked") is an alternate interface to the Hive blockchain, which provides a greatly enhanced experience compared to the default HIVE.BLOG interface. It is important to note that both interfaces, as well as ECENCY and others, read-from and write-to the same Hive blockchain. They're all like doors into the same building.
It was in the summer of June 2018 that the first incarnation of what is now PEAKD was launched on our legacy blockchain. It contained so many new features that it was mind-boggling! I immediately became an unofficial ambassador for the project, talking about the great, new interface in many Discord servers. I'm sure many people cringed when the topic of "interfaces" came up in chat, because they knew I would be touting the benefits of PEAKD once again! So, what were those benefits...?
For the first time, we had the ability to save drafts of multiple posts not just one! "Dark Mode" was available for those of us with eyesight issues. From one's blog page, voting power, vote value, and time-to-recharge could easily be seen without having to go to another site. For the first time ever, the editor showed Markdown and Preview panes side-by-side so we no longer had to keep scrolling down to see the Preview, then back up to the input box, while editing a post to make sure things looked right. The notification feature actually worked, which was something we never had on-chain before. Transactions in the wallet could be filtered by "Incoming" versus "Outgoing" transactions. Blog pages of any user could be viewed in List Mode, Grid Mode, or Blog Mode, depending on the preference of the user. All those things are just scratching the surface of what was there in the first version — there was so much more!
Since then, the proactive and incredible @peakd team has only continued to make a good thing even better, with new features being added regularly to empower users more! And so, now I would like to talk about how:
screenshot from @unmadesugar's post: putting the surreal into portraits
I think PEAKD does a good job of utilizing the 'real estate' of the page, with a pleasing ratio of image-size compared to text. Sometimes, though, closer inspection of a photo is order. Many photographers on Hive upload very high resolution images and urge readers to "click to enlarge" their photos.
As an example, here is a view of the pretty model photographed by @unmadesugar in the above post, zoomed-in to fill my screen and show more detail:
screenshot from @unmadesugar's post: putting the surreal into portraits
Of course, smaller photos will not enlarge as much as larger photos, and low-resolution photos will appear somewhat blurry when enlarged. But most photographers here seem to be uploading their best work at high resolution. Most of my photos are resized to 1500x844 pixels prior to uploading here, but some of the ones I consider better are uploaded to a much higher resolution.
As another example of how PEAKD allows a better view, check out the following photo of a tree and a boulder in front of the Perito Moreno Glacier, by @sharker:
screenshot from @sharker's post: Perito Moreno Glacier
...and look at the detail of that fabulous tree when the photo is enlarged!
screenshot from @sharker's post: Perito Moreno Glacier
So, how has PEAKD spoiled me? I have become so accustomed to clicking images and then rolling my mouse's scroll wheel to see them larger, that I am now doing that on other websites and in the Discord app, too! Of course, I am disappointed when the image doesn't zoom as I scroll... 🙁 Perhaps this great feature of PEAKD needs to become a universal standard for the Web! That would be awesome! 😁 BIG THANKS to the @peakd team for all the wonderful features you provide for us!
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10-Sep-2021
Peakd really is my go to front door, find my way around a lot easier than others, extremely user friends. Yes being able to enlarge photography and see the detail a great big bonus!
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Thanks for using my photo, this is so nice for me :)
And yes, PeakD gives us really useful features, I make almost all of my posts here for the long time. And I like to show and look at pictures at high res :)
My favorite hive UI. It seem to get better with time. Very user friendly when compared to other frontends
haha! I am totally in the same boat with you in this thing, heh. Peakd is great!
PEAKD certainly has come along way
This is like when the kids swipe the TV screen thinking it is like the phone hehe
And I was today years old when I found out that peakd is pronounced peak-dee 😅
Its a lovely pic , this is peaks doing it has actually carved out a niche we must know what it's more capable of
thanks for using my photo as a examplei do love the fact i can upload high res images on here for people to check out
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I used PEAKD exclusively for Ladies of Hive needs! No other UI will do!
😂 😂 Omg! So. Peakd is pronounced as peak Dee! Learnt something new. Haha.
Peak Dee is my favorite frontend, it is easy to use and also save in terms of keys and other private stuff. Way to go Peak dee😎
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Bwahahahahaaa! They have totally spoiled us with the image boosts. I did/do the same thing sometimes! Good review Kitty. 😻
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PeakD has been my default Front end Interface since being introduced to it. Other versions seemed to pale in comparison to the features and flexibility except in Token Incentive to use. I have yet to discover this to it's full potential.
My Tricorn hats off to the PeakD Dev Team, KLR