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[tunnie]

can we ban these stupid, pointless chav'd up images, some of them are getting to silly sizes with crap animations!

[Danny]

[Jimbob]

Inclined to agree with Tunnie here..

I browse the forum via a slow remote control link...

Some of the large signature images really degrade the browsing experience, as do any animated ones....its eqivalent of watching a video over an old modem!

We have the gallery for car pics!

I think small ie 1 inch x 3 inch non animated pics should be the absolute limit.

Some pictures are that large they need scroll bars!

No offence meant to anybody, they are just my feelings.
I have privately asked 2 people to amend scrolling pictures in the past, and both have been very amicable over it.

I know my situation is unusual, so don't expect any/every one to change for my benefit.

Maybe sig's should be text only?  leaving avatar's for a picture  or animated gif?

[tunnie]

Inclined to agree with Tunnie here..

I browse the forum via a slow remote control link...

Some of the large signature images really degrade the browsing experience, as do any animated ones....its eqivalent of watching a video over an old modem!

We have the gallery for car pics!

I think small ie 1 inch x 3 inch non animated pics should be the absolute limit.

Some pictures are that large they need scroll bars!

No offence meant to anybody, they are just my feelings.
I have privately asked 2 people to amend scrolling pictures in the past, and both have been very amicable over it.

I know my situation is unusual, so don't expect any/every one to change for my benefit.

Maybe sig's should be text only?  leaving avatar's for a picture  or animated gif?

Think you put it a bit more politley than me!  

But exactly... have links in your signature to your gallary pictures.

The problem is when a big discussion kicks off, and you have the same person posting say 5 times, you have that persons car/graphic displayed 5 times....

Some of them are worse than others, yes your car looks great, and its nice to look at the pictures every so often, but every time you post it gets annoying!!

If you really want to shown off your car, make your avatar animated with its pictures... with a link in the signature.

[TheBoy]

Inclined to agree with Tunnie here..

I browse the forum via a slow remote control link...

Some of the large signature images really degrade the browsing experience, as do any animated ones....its eqivalent of watching a video over an old modem!

We have the gallery for car pics!

I think small ie 1 inch x 3 inch non animated pics should be the absolute limit.

Some pictures are that large they need scroll bars!

No offence meant to anybody, they are just my feelings.
I have privately asked 2 people to amend scrolling pictures in the past, and both have been very amicable over it.

I know my situation is unusual, so don't expect any/every one to change for my benefit.

Maybe sig's should be text only?  leaving avatar's for a picture  or animated gif?

Think you put it a bit more politley than me!  

But exactly... have links in your signature to your gallary pictures.

The problem is when a big discussion kicks off, and you have the same person posting say 5 times, you have that persons car/graphic displayed 5 times....

Some of them are worse than others, yes your car looks great, and its nice to look at the pictures every so often, but every time you post it gets annoying!!

If you really want to shown off your car, make your avatar animated with its pictures... with a link in the signature.

So with that view, should we disable avatars as well?


I think ANY signature, graphic or otherwise, should be small and non intrusive.

[TheBoy]

Some pictures are that large they need scroll bars!

Like the ones you posted up of Telford  

[Jimbob]

Some pictures are that large they need scroll bars!

Like the ones you posted up of Telford  

Nothing wrong with those was there?

Quite a few I agree, but people were ASKING for photos, and they have only been posted once!

Maybe we should have guidelines on photo's as well?

I resized to 800x600, all at approx 100k

edit now I relook, maybe best part of 4 meg in a thread was a little excessive     in my defence i did just chuck em up quicky at 11pm last night after a busy few days  

[TheBoy]

Some pictures are that large they need scroll bars!

Like the ones you posted up of Telford  

Nothing wrong with those was there?

Quite a few I agree, but people were ASKING for photos, and they have only been posted once!

Maybe we should have guidelines on photo's as well?

I resized to 800x600, all at approx 100k

edit now I relook, maybe best part of 4 meg in a thread was a little excessive     in my defence i did just chuck em up quicky at 11pm last night after a busy few days  

I go for 640 x 480, as that means with all the other forum furniture, now horizontal scrolling on 1024 x 768 (still the most common).  Has the added benefit of further reducing bandwidth requirements...

[Jimbob]

Some pictures are that large they need scroll bars!

Like the ones you posted up of Telford  

Nothing wrong with those was there?

Quite a few I agree, but people were ASKING for photos, and they have only been posted once!

Maybe we should have guidelines on photo's as well?

I resized to 800x600, all at approx 100k

edit now I relook, maybe best part of 4 meg in a thread was a little excessive     in my defence i did just chuck em up quicky at 11pm last night after a busy few days  

I go for 640 x 480, as that means with all the other forum furniture, now horizontal scrolling on 1024 x 768 (still the most common).  Has the added benefit of further reducing bandwidth requirements...

Your wish is my command  

[Entwood]

I know I have a piccy in my sig ... but its deliberately below 30 Kb, 120x90. I also try and reduce all other images to 600x400.

Perhaps the compromise would be to restrict pictures rather than ban them say a limitation of 3 pictures at 120x90 ( or there abouts .. admins choice !!)  in signatures - no animations ??

Pictures only need "recieving" once usually as they are stored in the browser cache, so such a limit would allow folks to show off their pride and joy but not cause bandwidth problems ??

just my 2.35 p's worth (inc VAT)  

[TheBoy]

I know I have a piccy in my sig ... but its deliberately below 30 Kb, 120x90. I also try and reduce all other images to 600x400.

Perhaps the compromise would be to restrict pictures rather than ban them say a limitation of 3 pictures at 120x90 ( or there abouts .. admins choice !!)  in signatures - no animations ??

Pictures only need "recieving" once usually as they are stored in the browser cache, so such a limit would allow folks to show off their pride and joy but not cause bandwidth problems ??

just my 2.35 p's worth (inc VAT)  

Its not just about bandwidth, its about the signatures detracting from the content.

[dbug]

I know I have a piccy in my sig ... but its deliberately below 30 Kb, 120x90. I also try and reduce all other images to 600x400.

Perhaps the compromise would be to restrict pictures rather than ban them say a limitation of 3 pictures at 120x90 ( or there abouts .. admins choice !!)  in signatures - no animations ??

Pictures only need "recieving" once usually as they are stored in the browser cache, so such a limit would allow folks to show off their pride and joy but not cause bandwidth problems ??

just my 2.35 p's worth (inc VAT)  

Agreed - feel that large animated gifs uneccessary - my opinion

[cem_devecioglu]

Limiting the sizes of pictures is really good idea..

But in my opinion even they are small they make the forum more

colorful and reflecting the members personality..

if we ban them I think the structure will look like an official paper..

[JonArgraig]

Found this worked well as a base line for sig sizes

http://www.mkiiisupra.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=16777

[Jimbob]

The other way of course, is to add the offending users photobucket account to your blocklist, just 1 right click in firefox!

down side is obviously if they ever decide to post a useful picture