Sig sizes

[chrisunoman]

I think we should have a maximum sig size, say a maximum height and width, like they do on some forums.

I dont mean to be a kill joy or anything, but peoples sigs are getting sooooo massive that its getting hard to read some threads and soon we are going to be getting one reply per page!

What do you reckon Ben?

 

[Stu DemonD]

Sorry but people before were complaning about the amount they had to scroll.

Sorry, was pointed at you - I started replying to a post, then the doorbell went

 

[Stu DemonD]

I give up

 

[black_cinq]

I give up

Dont give up explain!

Lol i think there should be actual size and file size guidelines or people would still have complaints.

 

[FiatStiloJTD]

We all need to be strong, lift your heads up and think

Otherwise always in the back of your mind will be those people who hate big sigs, and those who are wearing away their fingers scrolling more! Lol

I think its a good idea to have rules and regs on size and file size.

 

[dave]

the not wanting to scroll is fuc*ing lazy IMO
file size i can understand but if you are on dial-up you will have to turn sigs off, and if you want to see pics go look at your black n white tv's

 

[Alex]

free speech?

Blame paul...

 

[joecinq]

I only care about the physical size of the sig's, because I am ****ing lazy....

I like signatures, because you don't have to read the posters name just glance at their sig's (if you know what I mean, meh, you probably won't...). Although oversized ones can get a little annoying

 

[Alex]

I only care about the physical size of the sig's, because I am ****ing lazy....

I like signatures, because you don't have to read the posters name just glance at their sig's (if you know what I mean, meh, you probably won't...). Although oversized ones can get a little annoying

I know what you mean... I do that with avatars as well... I remember a while back everybody swapped avatars, and I was well

 

[joecinq]

I know what you mean... I do that with avatars as well... I remember a while back everybody swapped avatars, and I was well

Exactly!, very confusing I would hate it if sig's weren't there all together...

 

[HP]

and yet a mod edited someones sig because it was too big via text, even tho it wasnt even ment to be permanent! :chin:

Because as a joke he'd added approximately 40 or 50 lines of empty text to his sig. It was just a big space, nothing of note was removed, just gap.

 

[joecinq]

Because as a joke he'd added approximately 40 or 50 lines of empty text to his sig. It was just a big space, nothing of note was removed, just gap.

You got to see past the empty space, it's the message behind it what matters

 

[HP]

So could someone tell me the new guidelines for the signatures so i can change mine (as. as people have said my sig is fairly large)

I dunno if it helps but the image is located on my own dot co.uk site, if you dont like sigs then turn it off i suppose.

Cheers, Matt

FAO Matt:

How's about this below: Pasted your sig into photodraw then saved it again, went from 300k to 64k approx. If you add them to your gallery it sometimes saves time loading if access to the other server is slow.

I'm on broadband and I get bored waiting, it's a royal pain in the bum when I have to flick from page to page when doing moderator type thingies.

 

[dave]

You got to see past the empty space, it's the message behind it what matters

 

[HP]

You got to see past the empty space, it's the message behind it what matters

Hmmm, a statement upon the bleakness of existence, perchance?

Nah, never went for all that cr@p. It's a bit like Feng Shui (sp.?) which is purely directed at the thick (oo, fight, fight )

 

[dave]

never had Feng Shui is it vegi?

 

[joecinq]

I wish I didn't say anything

I hated Chris’s sig when it was like that. BUT he did get a reaction, which is what he wanted.

Until there are any rules we can't really say/do anything about sig's. I am sure there is a wealth of knowledge among the mod's and you could probably sort something out in a matter of minutes.... So, why not?

I think that the option of 'no signatures' is a bit daft, but there must be a viable compromise? What ever you decide, it has got to be better than no rules at all.

 

[dave]

I am sure there is a wealth of knowledge among the mod's

what ever gave you that idea
sig sizes are a matter of (cant spell it) etiquit

 

[joecinq]

what ever gave you that idea
sig sizes are a matter of (cant spell it) etiquit

My mistake...

 

[HP]

We can control everything on here for you if you like, but a certain amount of self-discipline will come in handy in other areas of life, too.

Will discuss this with mods and The Marthter backstage and get back to you.

 

[hmallett]

...my sig is smaller than yours so "the biggest on FF" statement is a bit exaggerated

I'm not bothered about physical size (as long as it's not a total ****-take), it's file size that matters. (though I did have a lovely small sig image til a moderator changed it )

..& just one last point, isn't broadband cheaper than dial up these days?

No. You can easily get free dial-up accounts. And not everyone can get broadband. Everyone in the UK can get dialup though.

If people don't like sigs they should turn them off in their user cp which has already been said.

That is true, and I might give it a try myself. Is there an option to ignore the post content too?
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