Quote Originally Posted by niccol View Post
As I say, if you are happy to provide small, medium and large then the discussion is not important. So, everyone can make their own decisions. Really doesn't matter too much.

So now I am just chatting.

The thing is that the software that you use to batch process the images is probably based on GD or ImageMagick which are the modules that the server uses to scale the images. So really what we are saying is the same thing. Batch process the images using GD or ImageMagick. I choose to do that on the server, you choose to do it on your computer. That's the only difference.

The only thing I would say is that for most users it is easier to have the system on the server and not even have to think about it. And it does save you that half hour.

I am overtly not a supporter of IH itself. I have been quite vocal about what I regard as its short-comings. As I have said I use my own version of it that has the advantages that it is not limited to three sizes because many of my stores use more than that, it cleans up better after itself, it doesn't destroy the image name if you are doing SEO stuff with that name and it has a smaller footprint than IH. But IH is the industry standard image handling module for Zen. A LOT of people use it.
I agree with your logic. But unfortunately at the moment, IH and zoom together is a no go.