Tesseract Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Do you think we should remove the graphics in our signatures, or the signatures themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted July 23, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2002 graphics if any. both would be good though, i mean threads load faster seeing there are less aol banners to look at ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by Timan graphics if any. both would be good though, i mean threads load faster seeing there are less aol banners to look at ;) Is my sig OK? / / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted July 23, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2002 no grafx ;) looks peachy :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xcalibur Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 i dont have a sig anymore :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 No not really as the link takes as much space on the server as text does and your graphics are remotely hosted anyway not contributing to the server load. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
correllium Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 My 923 byte sig image was just way too big, I got rid of it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted July 23, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2002 still though having something in ur sig does to take some resource out of neowin so ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgwanaRob Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by Tesseract Do you think we should remove the graphics in our signatures, or the signatures themselves? No, but the image sizes and file sizes need to be stricter, and more strictly enforced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by IgwanaRob No, but the image sizes and file sizes need to be stricter, and more strictly enforced. LOOK! Your Images are NOT on Neowin's server. Only the link to the image is. The link takes up as much space as the text sig would. Trust My Knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted July 23, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by Hypercube LOOK! Your Images are NOT on Neowin's server. Only the link to the image is. The link takes up as much space as the text sig would. Trust My Knowledge. just cause the image is not hosted on neowin doesn't mean anything, there still is that spot in the db for your sig, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brn2prgrm Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by Timan just cause the image is not hosted on neowin doesn't mean anything, there still is that spot in the db for your sig, Yes Timan, but the sig link is the same size if not smaller than a text signature. The only think the Neowin server does is look up the link to the image and pass that to your browser to retrieve. This only takes a very small percentage of the server load so it's pretty pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgwanaRob Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by Hypercube LOOK! Your Images are NOT on Neowin's server. Only the link to the image is. The link takes up as much space as the text sig would. Trust My Knowledge. ? How do you even justify coming to the conclusion that I in any way inferred that the images were on Neowin's server? If you were reading any of the other threads, you'd see that I was the first one to suggest that avatars be linked externally JUST LIKE sig images. All I said is that the CURRENT sig guidelines should be stricter and more strictly enforced (There is no reason to have 10 lines about your stupid hardware - nor should the images take up half the damn screen). Is that clear now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by IgwanaRob All I said is that the CURRENT sig guidelines should be stricter and more strictly enforced (There is no reason to have 10 lines about your stupid hardware - nor should the images take up half the damn screen). Is that clear now? Straight up. I hate when there is 10 lines about someone's computer. Maybe I should reduce my sig a bit. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 took my sig out too, anything to make speed faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennisonxgs Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 I've turned off sigs and avatars in my options because some people just don't know how much is too much. I don't need to see some flashing image in the avatar or some big-ass pic of someone in a bikini with someone's forum name on it. Even I get sick of seeing my sig so I retired it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakingbiscuit Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 well, i don't think it'll help, but right now my sig is gone cuz my web server isn't workin right ... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazydesert Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 yes, remove graphic sigs. they are annoying ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 i think there should be a size restriction like on avatars some sigs are just wayyy to big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmak Administrators Posted July 23, 2002 Administrators Share Posted July 23, 2002 There's no need to remove anything. If I want to remove sigs I'll just use the big 'turn off sigs' switch :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurting101 Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Without graphic sigs, I think it would look pretty boring. Especially now, with avatars (temporarily?) disabled, pages look so dull. Small sigs are good, remember that people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by hurting101 Without graphic sigs, I think it would look pretty boring. Especially now, with avatars (temporarily?) disabled, pages look so dull. Small sigs are good, remember that people. wise words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 I do agree that sigs and avatars are nice however. I myself use them as a way to easily identitfy members. Without them now, things are a little confusing.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraa Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 i like sigs.. and i agree w/ keldyn.. its easy to identify members w/ sigs and stuff. :p remember me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unspec Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 I found the large sigs very annoying, so I turned them off a long time ago. It has the nice side-effect of speeding up page rendering. -- unspec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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