"some limits on graphics in signatures" - Page 2

Azselendor · #11 October 12th, 2006, 11:57 AM

My own signature is only 18.3 K and it's .PNG formatted (my apologies to IE6 or less users, but upgrade to IE7 or FireFox to enjoy it's transparency goodness)

Devnullicus · #12 October 13th, 2006, 12:29 AM

CW's sig is 41k. Azselendor's is 18k. Most of the avatar pics on here are 2-5k. I will agree that 41k is a bit large for a sig graphics. 10-20k seems reasonable to me.

Of course, it would also be best if users had the option to not show sig graphics.

That seems like it would be a bit difficult to implement though if you want to allow other graphics in the message. Sigs are part of the message itself, unlike the avatar, so if you have the option to not allow sig graphics, you'd have to not allow ANY graphics in the messages.

Changing the forum so that sigs are a separate part of a message seems like it would be a fairly large adjustment to the code architecture.

So, 500k is a reasonable limit because it also affects graphics in the messages themselves.

Fyron · #13 October 13th, 2006, 04:43 AM

Well, the sig is not actually part of the message data; it is pulled from the profile every time the post is loaded. You can witness this by editing your signature, then reviewing old posts. Any image filtering would be done in this step, separate from the post body.

Azselendor · #14 October 13th, 2006, 01:10 PM

Hey, CW, I got a little itch to make a sig, so I made one for you.

Mindi · #15 October 13th, 2006, 03:06 PM

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Baron Munchausen said:
A good "limit" would be a simple option that users can set for themselves on whether to see graphics in signatures. We already have the option to see avatars or not. It shouldn't be too hard to limit sigs as well.

While you can't specifically remove from your site signature pictures, you can remove signatures from your view altogether. It's an option in your settings area.

Mindi · #16 October 13th, 2006, 03:13 PM

As for what the statement at the top of the forum is about, I'm going to be announcing a policy on signature graphics. This won't affect most people, but I have gotten some complaints about some specific signatures that are a little over the top both in dimension and file size. I'll be putting up an individual graphic limit and a combined graphics limit. So that people don't have sig graphics that go across the whole screen on an average resolution size and that one page doesn't take forever to load because there are many high file size sig graphics on the page.

Wenin · #17 October 13th, 2006, 04:50 PM

40k isn't bad.

Bad = When you scroll past the person's post your computer freezes up as it tries to play the graphics. =)

Possum · #18 October 13th, 2006, 05:45 PM

I personally am against all signatures.

They are just annoying, boastful, and spammy.

The sole exception is a functional sig like Mindi's, used to clearly identify her official status and responsibilities.

Mindi · #19 October 13th, 2006, 07:10 PM

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Possum said:
I personally am against all signatures.

They are just annoying, boastful, and spammy.

Well see my post a few posts back about how to remove signatures from your view if you haven't done it already.

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The sole exception is a functional sig like Mindi's, used to clearly identify her official status and responsibilities.

Suck up.

Combat Wombat · #20 October 13th, 2006, 07:53 PM

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Azselendor said:
Hey, CW, I got a little itch to make a sig, so I made one for you.

While your effort is appreciated it just isn't the same, each of the images has a story behinfd it the way it is actually about the same story but that would be lost if I combined them also I think yours is larger than my 2 combined We will see what the restrictions become and work from there.