POLL: should image sigs be turned off/on?

[GILD]

let's approach it democratically, shall we?
nothing like a bit of mob-rule in the guise of inclusive governance on a tuesday afternoon

this discussion (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29989) eventually raised the possibility that gilby might step in and take decisive action
if u read the thread, u'll know where i stand
before anything like that happens, i thought it might be a good idea to find out where forum-users stand on this issue

do u think the image-in-sig idea is kewl and should stay?
or
do u find it irritating when u scroll past these banner-ad-wannabee sigs while u're trying to read the forum?

please vote and, if u r so inclined, share with us your opinion on this matter

[Sofa]

I vote them off the forums.

With avatars and galleries, there is plenty of space to personalize your experience here with images.

Finding them in the forums is messy, annoying, and unnessecary.

They hinder the forum browsing experience, in my opinion.

Although, so do words like 'kewl' and 'u' :(

[GILD]

Originally posted by Sofa
Although, so do words like 'kewl' and 'u' :(

the results of a google search for the word 'kewl'

Searched the web for kewl. Results 1 - 10 of about 449,000. Search took 0.23 seconds.

i rest my (irritating) case


:p

[Sofa]

So what's that prove?

i typed in img in google.

Results 1 - 10 of about 14,100,000. Search took 0.12 seconds

imgs are in then, can I change my vote?

[john_childs]

Uh... What images in what signatures? I don't see no pictures or signatures. :)

You can turn off the display of all signature lines. It's in the User CP >> Edit Options.

Course, I don't see my signature either. :(

For the record, I voted no images in sigs.

[thinuniking]

they look good but some are alittle big and just make extra work and effort for scroling down pages

[Eublapharis13]

Some of them are OK.....Trevor's is pretty cool. But other's get on my nerves.

[Checkernuts]

I say turn them off, people have abused the right to put pictures in sigs making their sig larger than their post.

I like sig's in general, the pix should stay to avitars though. That or restrict their size to something that is like 60x200 so they are not so massive.

[Sofa]

Originally posted by john_childs


Course, I don't see my signature either. :(



Don't worry, it's fairly bland

[phil]

Sigs rock... an amusing quote or phrase can often be as good as the post. But I can keep my likkle modem perfectly saturated without having to download unnecessary pictures.

Bah, I say to huge great pictures in sigs, bah!

Phil

[john_childs]

Originally posted by Sofa


Don't worry, it's fairly bland
Hmmm, well I could dress it up with a nice animated gif. :p

[phil]

Originally posted by john_childs
Hmmm, well I could dress it up with a nice animated gif. :p
I thank $DEITY that you can't put embedded midi files into sigs...

Phil

[unicycleboy]

I dont mind sigs really, mines rather poor but i dont care :P I might take it off if plenty of 56k ers complain about loading speeds.

Trev

[UniBrier]

I voted off but I really have no objection to the small ones.

Bigger is not always better.:)

[HandyAndy]

i voted yes but i have downsized

edit: give me a sec, things dont happen instantly

[James_Potter]

I vote to do away with big images. And make signature images no larger than avatar images.

[commandoH]

i said they were ok. i know mines kinda big, if its irritating anyone ill take it off.

[Sofa]

Originally posted by commandoH
if its irritating anyone ill take it off.

It's irritating GILD

[JJuggle]

Originally posted in the poll
the image sigs are kewl and should stayI am of the opinion that they are not cool, but should be allowed to stay.
the banner-ad-wannabe sigs are irritating. gilby, please switch them offSimilarly, I find them to be irritating, but should not be switched off.

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

[ITEMNO530]

BURN THEM!!! HE'S A WITCH!! uh..... hmmm, what?:confused:

[Rowan]

I agree with Raphael. If you force people to turn them off it will prevent anyone coming up with a small image signature that may be cool. I am not fond of large image signatures, especially when someone posts little and often, filling up the screen with repeated images. I choose not to use a signature, and I also chose not to vote in this poll since there is no option of "Communicate with users who have annoying signatures and let them know you want it changed." I think that would be the best option, and if someone didn't comply after a reasonable request, then you could consider forcing them.
*Edit*
- ITEMNO530, can you please change your annoying swedish fish signature to something less obtrusive? It may have been fun for you once, but surely the novelty has worn off already.

[toddw9]

I like the idea of having the feature available. Even so, just because it's available doesn't mean it needs to be used! Like others have already stated, small gifs are ok, the big ones not so much. I would say Trevor Schofield's is a 'big one', but that is one exception; I don't mind his. Most of the others of similar size (or larger) however should be dealt with ever so severely.:)

[HandyAndy]

im not so sure its so easy to turn off, they use the [IMG] code so to disable them would disable all linked images wouldnt it?

[toddw9]

HandyAndy, I will note that your sig has a small enough image that in my opinion is not a problem.

[andrew_carter]

How do people feel about colourful and multi-lined (not too many though) signatures like mine? I don't want to annoy anyone. Please speak up if you find it irritating.

I voted against the image signatures...but I dont really mind.

Thanks,
Andrew

[paco]

I like the idea of putting some avatar-like restriction on them. If it's small, I don't mind. I like the signatures, but if the images are too big, they just get annoying.
Remember the two characters dancing, one with a gorilla head? I think it was Jagur's signature for a while. That was great.

[GILD]

Originally posted by Sofa
So what's that prove?
joseph and i arent saying it's right just because everyone's doing it
we're just saying that if everyone felt/thought that way, we'd be damn fools to think any other way
;)
Originally posted by Sofa
It's irritating GILD
hey! i didn't start this thing!
i just posted the poll
Originally posted by GILD
this discussion (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29989) Originally posted by Rowan
I choose not to use a signature, and I also chose not to vote in this poll since there is no option of "Communicate with users who have annoying signatures and let them know you want it changed.mainly because this isn't a nanny-forum,
because i doubt if anyone's feelings will be hurt by this discussion,
because i was curious to see how people felt about this issue, because i'd hoped that my phrasing of the questions would clearly indicate that i was not trying to be scientifically accurate but rather have some fun,
and, my personal favourite bit of fall-out from this thread, people are suddenly thinking about the fact that their use of the forum features (and the language, i'm not THAT thick-skinned) impacts on other peoples' enjoyment of the forums

with that achieved, i could truly not give a toss is someone included a lifesize pic of the grand canyon in their sigs
but if one more person talks in the moviehouse...


;)

onto my next poll...

[Klaas Bil]

Images in sigs add bandwidth load, both in the transmission over the net, and in the mind of the reader. Oh, and on the screen they take up space only to convey virtually nothing. I voted no.

Klaas Bil

[phil]

Originally posted by andrew_carter
How do people feel about colourful and multi-lined (not too many though) signatures like mine?
I find it perfectly fine... it's unobtrusive, takes no time to download and is probably the quickest way to identify one of your posts if skimming through a thread.

Plus I'm intrigued as to how long it took you to make... :)

Phil

[andrew_carter]

Plus I'm intrigued as to how long it took you to make... About 20 minutes I believe...what a waste of time, hey! :)

Andrew

P.S......

[James_Potter]

I voted to do away with images. Now I'm starting a club to protest them. I put our club logo in my signature.

[GILD]

Originally posted by James_Potter
I voted to do away with images. Now I'm starting a club to protest them. I put our club logo in my signature.

u should've put the 'I's in lower case

[phil]

So now it takes me twice as long to read the forums as it used to due to downloading loads of random completely pointless images! Aaargh!!!

To vent my frustration, I'm going to post another picture that will take me ages to upload but all you lot on faster connections won't even notice! AAAAARGGGHHHH!!!!

Phil

[zod]

image sigs are fine, but a size restriction should be put on them......

[Sofa]

i voted no images, but changed my mind :)

if they are disabled, I won't be heartbroken

[Tim]

i think they are ok but should be limited. i dont like to see a big actual sized bag of sweedish fish on my screen. though it was great at first it got old. thanks for changing it, i like the new one.

[Robbie]

I think they should stay and people should be allowed to use them. But there should be limits to the amount images you can have, my suggestion is one unless you wanna use a smilie or two (no excessive use of smilies), limits to size I would suggest 300 x 150 and file size 30kb, this being so it doesn't take too long for the 56k'ers. But if anyone is having real trouble they might aswell just turn it off in the control panel.

Anyway, you should make a mod to monitor it, some sort of signature enforcer person, I'm sure there's people here who have been here for a while and are considered responsible enough and know what to do.

[GILD]

Originally posted by Robbie
I'm sure there's people here who have been here for a while and are considered responsible enough and know what to do.


should be read in a gruff, southern kinda accent
u're not from around here, are u boy?


;)

[Robbie]

Lol, I dunno, I've seen some people that could handle the job quite easily.

Anyway, I hope you don't take away sigs and maybe consider an alternative like mine, just with rules.

[GILD]

Originally posted by Robbie
Anyway, I hope you don't take away sigs and maybe consider an alternative like mine, just with rules.

i think most people got the message that it is an (unnecesary?) chewer of bandwidth and have resized accordingly

the basic sig was never part of the discussion
it was the image sigs
a concern was just voiced about the danger of this forum becoming, like so many other, a cyber-neonstrip where u had to squint to read the posts

that doesn't seem to be happening

:)