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Obviously if a photo is posted with portrait rather than landscape orientation, you may still have to scroll down (but not across) to see the full image. But I think landscape is the predominant orientation and it is the orientation of monitors, laptops and tablets (by and large).

The main objective is to provide an easier and more convenient viewing interface. There is no perfect outcome here, and it comes back to a shared responsibility, that members will have to crop and resize some of their images before posting because the forum software cannot do all the work for images of all shapes and sizes.

The images are fixed at 1050 pixels irrespective of size (small or larger) so as to achieve consistency of sizing.

Some people post small photos and some people post large photos, and complaints go both ways. There is only one way to achieve consistency and that is have a standard width of 1050 pixels. So now everyone knows everyone can adjust their photos to match.