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I hereby propose that those who sign up for a subscription to Neowin be given more leniency with their avatars and signature. Ergo, these are my recommendations for the +subscribers of Neowin:

Avatar:

105x150 pixels

Signature:

KB Limit = 75KB-100KB

It's an extra bonus for the +Subscribers here @ Neowin.

Thoughts?

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Not good because of the 56k users, i guess.

There are still 56k users on the Internet? This is outrageous!

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I figured I'd suggest it. Sounds like a neat idea to me.

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The avatars could be increased to 100 x 100 and to compensate reduce the size of the Signature image. This won't happen though as Neowin is not into change. ;)

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Thoughts?

No. You suggested avatar size is way too big, and signature size way too large. They're fine as they are. Sure, signatures are fun, but people come here for the content, not wait for a page to load because a subscribers signature is huge.

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Your computer might have decent specs and a great internet connection, but there are (believe it or not) some countries or places that don't have broadband connections.

There is a place in my town, it's a grouping of older housing that is only allowed to have 56k. Bell and Rogers said no lines will be introduced in that area unless something major happens and the lines have to be replaced anyways. They can't even get HD content for their TV's because the lines are too weak, and it's only 20 minutes from my home, which is fairly new and has all the extra luxuries.

You also need to take into consideration about peoples resolution.

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Guidelines have been changed to allow up to 75kb for sigs - https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=25368 (seemingly out of the discussion that sparked here - https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=746304 , but possibly a previous staff discussion aided by that topic)

And while we do need to stay respectful to "56k users" (more so just slower broadband users in today's climate), any that actually exist in amongst Neowins small portion of the internet will most likely be turning them off completely. Why sit and wait for a 50kb sig (previous size) to load if you're on 56k? Your internet is already slow enough as it is, I think you'll be turning off unnecessary extras on forums as it is if you want to browse efficiently.

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Guidelines have been changed to allow up to 75kb for sigs - https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=25368

And while we do need to stay respectful to "56k users" (more so just slower broadband users in today's climate), any that actually exist in amongst Neowins small portion of the internet will most likely be turning them off completely. Why sit and wait for a 50kb sig (previous size) to load if you're on 56k?

:| They changed it.

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:| They changed it.

See my edit, the direct change seemed to have come from the topic I listed above about PSN sigs. Although I'm sure it's probably a collective effort of the staff being asked about limitations over the past "x" days/weeks/months.

Who says the staff don't listen to the members requests? :p

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The avatars could be increased to 100 x 100 and to compensate reduce the size of the Signature image. This won't happen though as Neowin is not into change. ;)

Aha! I see what you did there ;)(Y)

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The first person to suggest unlimited dimensions for signatures and avatars gets a virtual sack from me. Have you seen forums where people put 800x600 signatures... lmao.

But if you ask me, avatars should stay the way they are - increasing signature dimensions takes precedence over avatars in my opinion as you can't really turn off display of avatars on this site if I recall correctly.

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Wasn't the avatar discussed last year? Kudos I think it was put together some mock ups and the 100 X 100 didn't look right.

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I hereby propose that those who sign up for a subscription to Neowin be given more leniency with their avatars and signature. Ergo, these are my recommendations for the +subscribers of Neowin:

Avatar:

105x150 pixels

Signature:

KB Limit = 75KB-100KB

It's an extra bonus for the +Subscribers here @ Neowin.

Thoughts?

No

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Wasn't the avatar discussed last year? Kudos I think it was put together some mock ups and the 100 X 100 didn't look right.

Yeah.

Sorry, not going to happen.

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The first person to suggest unlimited dimensions for signatures and avatars gets a virtual sack from me. Have you seen forums where people put 800x600 signatures... lmao.

But if you ask me, avatars should stay the way they are - increasing signature dimensions takes precedence over avatars in my opinion as you can't really turn off display of avatars on this site if I recall correctly.

Sure you can: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=UserCP&CODE=04 - third option under 'Board Display Settings'.

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