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Secondary Oak · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 3418 Location: Haifa

There should be some forum rules regarding this. Some users have animated GIFs in their signatures totaling around 2 megabytes...

TheGirlNextDoor · Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 22608

Secondary Oak wrote: There should be some forum rules regarding this. Some users have animated GIFs in their signatures totaling around 2 megabytes...

I agree. I feel for anyone who is still on dial up.

Protostar · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject:

Okay. :roll: If anyone is still on a dial up connection, TOUGH. Turn off the sigs in your profile. Why should everyone be denied Alizee's a$$-shaking goodness, because some people are stuck in the past?

spearsy23 · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 5632 Location: Fulton, Ks

Protostar wrote: Okay. :roll: If anyone is still on a dial up connection, TOUGH. Turn off the sigs in your profile. Why should everyone be denied Alizee's a$$-shaking goodness, because some people are stuck in the past?

You know that whole thread that degenrated into an argument over analingus? Well she is definitely the poster woman for I'd love too.

Secondary Oak · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 3418 Location: Haifa

I...
1) ... am not using dialup... and I honestly doubt any members do
2) ... see the text way before the pictures are fully loaded

And yet, yes, it really bothers me. I don't expect to load 2 megs of images to just browse one textual page in a forum.

And as for Alizee, I agree that no one should be denied those (nearly-divine) animations, but political forums are not the place. Not to mention you put two animations there.

Protostar · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject:

Fine. I took one out. Loads pretty fast on my connection. Of course I am using the superior web browser (Opera) so that almost certainly has something to do with it.

John Galt · Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 21589 Location: Minnesota

Actually, the rules are the rules.

Due to some issues dial up users are having, we ask that you please reduce the size of your image in your signature to 10000 bytes or 400x200 as we try our best to keep all happy!

Avatars should be no more than 130x130

Thank you!

http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=393886#393886

And your gif Protostar is 1442415 bytes too big. Normally we are reasonable with this and allow some leeway, and admittingly we look more at shape than data size, but the rules are the rules.

The Grandmaster · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:52 pm Post subject:

Protostar wrote: Okay. :roll: If anyone is still on a dial up connection, TOUGH. Turn off the sigs in your profile. Why should everyone be denied Alizee's a$$-shaking goodness, because some people are stuck in the past?

I agree with this.

You need to cater to as many people as possible. You need to build your site for about anyone on the internet. However...

56k is not internet. Period. You can't cater to Commador 64s or Apple 2Es anymore, and at some point, we have to go forward. If you're still on 56k at this point, it's hopeless. Some people you just can't cater too, they are too far behind. It's 2006. C'mon.

Protostar · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject:

John Galt wrote: Actually, the rules are the rules.

Due to some issues dial up users are having, we ask that you please reduce the size of your image in your signature to 10000 bytes or 400x200 as we try our best to keep all happy!

Avatars should be no more than 130x130

Thank you!

http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=393886#393886

And your gif Protostar is 1442415 bytes too big. Normally we are reasonable with this and allow some leeway, and admittingly we look more at shape than data size, but the rules are the rules.

:cry1: :cry1: No fair!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Protostar · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

Well, I took Alizee out. You can quit your b!tching now, Secondary. You won't have to load a whole *GASP, OMG* 2 MEGABYTES when you load a page where I've posted. :roll:

spearsy23 · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 5632 Location: Fulton, Ks

The Grandmaster wrote: I agree with this.

You need to cater to as many people as possible. You need to build your site for about anyone on the internet. However...

56k is not internet. Period. You can't cater to Commador 64s or Apple 2Es anymore, and at some point, we have to go forward. If you're still on 56k at this point, it's hopeless. Some people you just can't cater too, they are too far behind. It's 2006. C'mon.

there are still places in the country where you can't get anything but 56k. I couldn't until three months ago, that said if they don't like it they should turn off the signatures.

Secondary Oak · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 3418 Location: Haifa

Protostar wrote: Well, I took Alizee out. You can quit your b!tching now, Secondary. You won't have to load a whole *GASP, OMG* 2 MEGABYTES when you load a page where I've posted. :roll:
Actually Proto, my real reason is that I can't ever debate with you because I end up just staring at your signature instead of writing a reply... so I cheated :twisted:

Oh man, I miss Igotmilk™'s signatures...

TheGirlNextDoor · Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 22608

Well. Looks like the issue was resolved. Goody.

LOCKED.