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  • Reply 21 of 47
    part of the argument against image sigs, Amorya, can be seen right in your post. You see your name 3 times within the space of 2 inches. On the left, signed, and image signature. The problem with image sigs, in my mind at least, is that they tend to be redundant for the most part...



    but thats IMO. whether or not we keep them will be decided by the poll.
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  • Reply 22 of 47
    sinewavesinewave Posts: 1,074member
    Not to mention sig images should be stored in your cache and wont effect loading time





    Being Politically Correct is retarded.



    [ 11-13-2001: Message edited by: Sinewave ]</p>
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  • Reply 23 of 47
    *Was originally meant for the Poll: Image Signatures thread but someone went and locked it just before I could click submit!*



    /climbs onto a soapbox



    I think the idea of a sig approval committee is workable. Sigs would have to be adherent to certain limitations and rules in order to be used. The size requirement is a definite but what else? Personally, I think forcing sigs to be black&white only is stupid and something that went out with the 80s. Why not just dis-allow certain colors? The kind of colors that would conflict with the AI interface. Remember, sigs shouldn't try to direct your attention to themselves, just serve as a helpful place marker. Also, sigs with a single background color should just be made transparent so it won't conflict with the forum background.



    If a sig approval committee is formed it should consist of as few people as possible. Say just 3? And in order to have your sig approved all 3 members must be in agreement, no 2/3s majority on this. Anything else?



    /climbs off soapbox



    P.S. Another idea is to dump sigs altogether and just go with avatars. As of version 6.1 UBB supports avatars. I know, I run one myself.
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  • Reply 24 of 47
    majormattmajormatt Posts: 1,077member
    I have to agree that image sigs break up the continuity of the forums, but I still like 'my' image sig
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  • Reply 25 of 47
    sinewavesinewave Posts: 1,074member




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  • Reply 26 of 47
    There's still hope for avatars. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[Cheers]" />
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  • Reply 27 of 47
    [quote]Originally posted by Trekkie:

    <strong>There's still hope for avatars. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[Cheers]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    no, no there isn't.
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  • Reply 28 of 47
    sinewavesinewave Posts: 1,074member
    There seems to be a attack of the locked threads in here.
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  • Reply 29 of 47
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I prefer that to deleted posts and content edited by moderators.



    Go away if you can't leave MacMonkey behind.
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  • Reply 30 of 47
    sinewavesinewave Posts: 1,074member
    Oh I am sure that you do just fine here grover Anything that isn't PC or goes a long with AI mods gets locked it seems







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  • Reply 31 of 47
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    What are you talking about?



    What un-PC threads have been locked?
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  • Reply 32 of 47
    perhaps @ the old AI...



    you're just mad about the signature popular opinion is counter yours...
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  • Reply 33 of 47
    sinewavesinewave Posts: 1,074member
    [quote]Originally posted by groverat:

    <strong>What are you talking about?



    What un-PC threads have been locked?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    In AI past



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  • Reply 33 of 47
    sinewavesinewave Posts: 1,074member
    [quote]Originally posted by Jonathan:

    <strong>perhaps @ the old AI...



    you're just mad about the signature popular opinion is counter yours...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Actually it was about even And it doesn't really matter I can still use my sig



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  • Reply 35 of 47
    exactly.
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  • Reply 36 of 47
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Oh, you mean the threads that were against the posting guidelines that you agreed to while registering that nickname?

    Ok



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  • Reply 37 of 47
    [quote]Originally posted by Jonathan:

    <strong>we're actually going to turn them back on, but keep them small (140x35) and non-animated. Also, we'll do something about ones that are hugely loud or obnoxious... we'd like to discourage them, but allow for freedom of expression.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    NOOOOOOOOO



    even when they are small, a page full of sigs has much more latency, as my browser struggles to contact everyone's different web server just to read a single lousy 10 K gif. Even on broadband, a page full of images from a dozen different servers is going to load TOO damn slow.



    Even worse, sometimes these wonderful free webservers are down and it takes even longer for the page to load!



    MacNN drives me crazy for this very reason.



    "cast off the frivolities of thy youth"



    like so many others have said - be creative with your words. If you want to show off your Photoshop skilz, post a link to your portfolio.
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  • Reply 38 of 47
    this is why they're off
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  • Reply 39 of 47
    [quote]Originally posted by Jonathan:

    <strong>



    no, no there isn't.</strong><hr></blockquote>



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  • Reply 40 of 47
    I don't know why there is all this bitching... if you don't like image sigs... DON'T use them. I'm all for using graphite, or greyscale sig images... it's unobtrusive....



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