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Posted by harcourt on Jan-21-2002 03:59:

Signatures in your message

I realize some find great satisfaction in having a "cool" looking signature, I'll even admit some look decent. The ones that look decent are the small ones. The ones that resemble a signature, not a mini web add for yourself. I think it's bloody stupid to read a 4 line message and have a signature that is 10 times the length of the message! Not to mention the size of some of these images, trying to read a text based message board and it takes over a mintue to download 1 person's signature. I'm using broadband at home, but while I travel I am forced to use dial-up and I know there are many others too that use dial-up. Out of plain common courtesy to others not so fortunate to have high speed, would people lighten up on the signature's.

Posted by Henkie_henk on Jan-21-2002 04:20:

yeah i hear ya man..

i was thinking about a sig hack.. with a max sig size..

mmm guess this belongs in the site suggestion section

ps

DId ya know you can go in yr profile and than to --> Edit Options and use or wont use the "show peoples signatures"

not that this is THE solution but still

Note to swamper

i still cant move threads lazy you.. you said youd look into it!

Posted by {b.s.e.} on Jan-21-2002 04:43:

hehe my sig was sooo huge.

Posted by harcourt on Jan-21-2002 04:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Henkie_henk
yeah i hear ya man..
not that this is THE solution but still

Note to swamper

i still cant move threads lazy you.. you said youd look into it!

I posted in both places, a suggestion to swamper as well as a general notice to others to possibly tone it down.

Posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 on Jan-21-2002 06:49:

I don't mind sigs. I think they make the forums look better than just plain and simple (like many other ones).

Posted by ABTsportsline on Jan-21-2002 08:23:

i got no problem with sigs here....

and considering probably 5/7ths of the entire TA crew are on DSL, it (for the most part) isn't a problem.

But like Henkie said, for those of you on 56k (and when i use my laptop on 56k it STILL isn't that bad....) , you can go to your profile options and choose not to view signatures. I tried that once (on the laptop) and it loads a LOT quicker.

So instead of setting a size/color limit rule, i think the people on dialup should just choose not to view any sigs if its a problem for them

-ABT-

Posted by AnotherWay83 on Jan-21-2002 08:39:

yeah, i agree that when u're on 56k it can be a pain...i apologize to those for my sig...but if u're on 56k, then coming to the main tranceaddict site, then going to ur options and then going back is also gonne be too damn slow...so let's take it to the max, shall we...in IE, go to tools->internet options->advanced->then uncheck the box where it says "show pictures"....yeah i know...thats a lil extreme, but trust me it makes it even more quicker...

peace

Posted by TimeportE on Jan-21-2002 09:16:

before i had (a)dsl i had a 56 modem and i agree that big sigs suck if you have a slow connection, that's why i minimized my sig (less quality but hey, who cares!!) .. it's only 27 k's or something..

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Jan-21-2002 12:16:

What's the big deal with sigs anyway?

You'd think the message would be more important than the sig... hmm...

Posted by Bizz on Jan-21-2002 14:42:

I can't remember who's sig it was, but I got pretty cheesed when there was a 1 MB sig queued up for download in some threads.. that will definitely hurt the 56k'ers on here.. and BSE's huge ass sig was just too big, lol

Posted by Blik on Jan-21-2002 15:01:

the only sigs I hate are those big ass sigs which moves (and I am not talking about mine, cause that one is not a problem for me )

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jan-21-2002 15:45:

Solution

The best solution of course is to change the browser settings to remove the pictures...problem solved...
(believe me...I was modem user for YEARS)

Posted by Spad on Jan-21-2002 17:23:

I'm 56k and I love 'em. Just turn them off in your profile if you don't.

Posted by flystyler on Jan-21-2002 17:34:

I like the sigs, although myabre mine have been a little to big at times, lol

Posted by {b.s.e.} on Jan-21-2002 19:45:

it's all about having the monsterous cache, guys. then you just load the big ass signatures/pictures off your hard drive. problem solved.

Posted by Spad on Jan-21-2002 20:46:

quote:
Originally posted by {b.s.e.}
[B]it's all about having the monsterous cache, guys. then you just load the big ass signatures/pictures off your hard drive. problem solved.

Haha that's what I do My cache must be about 60% TA sigs. Most of the regulars' sigs are in my cache, except for one....mine! Bloody annoying, it just insists on downloading it each time.

Posted by integrity1 on Jan-22-2002 03:59:

im on 56k and its really not a problem. i just wish i could figure out how to post one of my own

Posted by LKD on Jan-22-2002 04:50:

Hey I dont see whats the hype about big sigs....i mean look at mine n....nice and small and so are others

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jan-22-2002 05:15:

I wouldn't exactly call it 'small'...it's bigger than most your messages...

Posted by Rustang! on Jan-22-2002 05:53:

I personally like seeing most people's sigs. It kinda reflects on the people using them and usually reflects on thier artistic/graphical abilities. I didn't make mine because i have no abilities, it origionally was an assignment my friend had to do for a class.