Signatures

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 06:43pm

fgalkin wrote:umm....

How about we leave the sigs as they are?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

No, because frankly some sig have gotten out of control. Especially for those unfortunate enough to have to use dial up.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-17 06:44pm

I use dial-up and have no problem with sigs.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 06:47pm

fgalkin wrote:I use dial-up and have no problem with sigs.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

I have when I've been forced to use dial up. And this is a debate so you can state your position.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-11-17 06:50pm

Stormbringer wrote:
fgalkin wrote:I use dial-up and have no problem with sigs.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
I have when I've been forced to use dial up. And this is a debate so you can state your position.

It just depends on how many programs you re running. The only problem I have, is downloading the porno threads, have too reclick them 2 or 3 times, but it's worth it.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 07:05pm

Captain Lennox wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:
fgalkin wrote:I use dial-up and have no problem with sigs.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
I have when I've been forced to use dial up. And this is a debate so you can state your position.
It just depends on how many programs you re running. The only problem I have, is downloading the porno threads, have too reclick them 2 or 3 times, but it's worth it.

Yeah, but I do agree that they need to be cut back in some cases. Talen's enourmous pic comes to mind.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-11-17 07:12pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Captain Lennox wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: I have when I've been forced to use dial up. And this is a debate so you can state your position.
It just depends on how many programs you re running. The only problem I have, is downloading the porno threads, have too reclick them 2 or 3 times, but it's worth it.
Yeah, but I do agree that they need to be cut back in some cases. Talen's enourmous pic comes to mind.

Is mine to big?
I can put the oath into one or two lones if needed.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2002-11-17 07:15pm

I have broadband and I've had probs with sigs. Especially that long animation in the sig of whoever it was that had "Wing Commander: Imperial March" or something like that. That anim was about 150kb

Good thing the person got rid of it.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 07:16pm

Shinova wrote:I have broadband and I've had probs with sigs. Especially that long animation in the sig of whoever it was that had "Wing Commander: Imperial March" or something like that. That anim was about 150kb

Good thing the person got rid of it.

Bob McDob. And yeah, he was one of the people I was thinking of.

And Ted, your sig is fine.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-11-17 09:44pm

I love my sig.
No to sig censorship!

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-17 09:49pm

We should have a poll.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Next of Kin · Post by **Next of Kin** » 2002-11-17 10:01pm

I recently added a great little snippet to my sig that was well-thought out and brilliant at the same time.

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-11-18 01:47am

I'm on broadband so I can't say I have any complaints about the byte size of sig images but the pixel size and the length of some sigs is getting a bit much. Fgalkin's sig stood out as a particular offender until he cut out the white space and got rid of the bbcode [quote] elements.

It's difficult to write universal sig standards because how large a given sig looks to a given user depends greatly on their particular configuration; screen resolution, system font DPI settings, default font size, browser window width, etc. What I'd like to see however would be some rules against the excessive use of blank lines, bbcode [quote] (which wastes screen space to no real purpose), and a blanket ban on animated gifs.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-18 07:53am

Enlightenment wrote:It's difficult to write universal sig standards because how large a given sig looks to a given user depends greatly on their particular configuration; screen resolution, system font DPI settings, default font size, browser window width, etc. What I'd like to see however would be some rules against the excessive use of blank lines, bbcode (which wastes screen space to no real purpose), and a blanket ban on animated gifs.

I agree with. We shouldn't make too many blanket rules but we need to set some standards. A lot people are going to be screwed on low end computers.

Here is my Proposal:

No animated pics
size limited to 160 x 240
Minimal BBcode (determined by mods or popular consent
Minimum of Unecessary line spaces

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-11-18 11:09am

I'd be all for banning pictures in sigs altogether, but that's just me.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-18 11:17am

Durandal wrote:I'd be all for banning pictures in sigs altogether, but that's just me.

I think there are a few good pics in sigs. I think we need to come up with a formal proposal at this point and vote on it.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-11-18 11:20am

How's my sig?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-18 11:27am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:How's my sig?

So when did I get to be the sig arbiter?

It's at about the biggest I'd let it get but it's fine for now.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-11-18 11:36am

Stormbringer wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:How's my sig?
So when did I get to be the sig arbiter?

It's at about the biggest I'd let it get but it's fine for now.

Default, and Thank you!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-11-18 01:02pm

Is mine pissing anyone off?

Not that I'll do anyting about it, mind you.

PS: The Zeta Gundam pic fucking stays.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-11-18 01:07pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Is mine pissing anyone off?

Not that I'll do anyting about it, mind you.

PS: The Zeta Gundam pic fucking stays.

Naw Keep It!
(5th Element)It's green to me!(/5th Element)

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-11-18 01:37pm

It's only when a sig gets HUGE, like Lex's right now, that I get irritated.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-11-18 01:48pm

I agree. His is too fucking big.

And it's good that someone knocked some sense into THEHOOLIGANJEDI. I was getting so fucking sick of his animation-slow down-fest.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-11-18 01:54pm

You know what would be REALLY evil? Putting JAVA in a sig! Every time I hit a site that uses Java, my computer STOPS for a whole minute to load the JVM.... I really hate pointless java tricks like a page full of fphovers (Fphovers are an incredibly wasteful way of making a mouseover effect..) or gratuitous ripple applets... Oh great I just gave the trolls an idea...

Manji · Post by **Manji** » 2002-11-18 02:24pm

I say NO to sig censorship.

I value my sig, which is perfectly reasonably sized and spaced IMHO.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-11-18 02:27pm

At least it's not like WLunaris way back on Gundam Project Message Board. That Nazi bastard had a signature that was easily 2-3 PAGES long.