OK, I guess that is my answer that there is no interest in enabling ImageMagick in File Manager any time soon for UBB customers.
We actually do use Gallery2 as an image gallery, but we wanted inline images that are optimized within the forum posts without requiring users to copy code from 3rd party image hosts or resizing on their own.
We also use a second Gallery2 install as a "resize tool" for users to resize their images, copy the resulting images and post those optimized images on the forum using File Manager. Still too much time and effort for users compared to easy one step uploads on Facebook and eBay.
Strange thing is that Gallery2 is free and yet is more advanced than UBB in image optimized uploads.
We host hundreds of thousands of user uploaded images. Our site averages around 5 million pageviews per month. Optimization is key. And mobile users should expect us to be good stewards with their data limitations by optimizing as best we can. Sorry to hear you're not interested in helping to conserve resources and bandwidth.
Our forum actually outperforms Facebook on just about every meaningful level except for image upload ease and efficiency.
