Pictures in sig lines

[artr2]

Some of the pictures in the sig lines are getting entirely too big in my humble opinion. What's your take?

[Padraig18]

1. Should probably be in another forum.

maybe GD-Lite. :hi:

[Renew Deal]

2. Dean's tax hikes

will cost me my high speed connection. I am voting for a candidate that will preserve my broadband.

[Kolesar]

4. you can always sell your blood plasma

a commercial I heard in Pittsburgh said you can earn $200/month!

[Renew Deal]

6. lol I also saw something for $15 gift cards to Best buy.

That's for blood or plasma in NY.

[Kolesar]

42. Just in time for Xmas: "The Gift of the Magi" redux

Get your holiday shopping paid for if you are low on cash. Read the Gift of the Magi if you get a chance. We read it in high school in the short stories class.

[JVS]

19. Where? I live in Pittsburgh

Help me ride the blood train to prosperity!

[retyred]

32. The need for speed

retyred in fla
“Good-Night Paul, Wherever You Are”
So I read this book

[Kolesar]

3. Some TEXT IN THE SIG LINES is getting WAY TOO BIG

I turned the pics off years ago.

[ModerateMiddle]

5. None of the above

I took advantage of the option to turn off signatures a long time ago. They were quite a distraction, and I don't need 'em. So they don't bother me one way or the other.

[bicentennial_baby]

7. There are already guidelines in place

"Please try to include no more than one graphic in your signature line at any time. That graphic should be in either .jpg or .gif format, and should not exceed 500 pixels wide, 200 pixels tall, or 10 kilobytes."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules.html#signature

You should alert on any that are too large.

[Kolesar]

8. Rules: not increase the text size

You may change the color and font of your signature line text, but we would prefer that you not increase the text size.
Thanks for finding the rule page in question for us. "Prefer" is certainly a mild term and inexact. What is prohibited, then?

[Atlant]

9. Lots of folks, of course, try to skirt the rules...

Lots of folks, of course, try to skirt the rules by not putting
the picture intotheir sig but, instead, pasting the link into
the body of every one of their postings.

This violates the spirit of the rule and also violates the
wishes of DU members who have turned off signature display.

I believe these postings should be alerted as well.

Atlant

[grannylib]

10. It does not bother me too much, but it would be nice to see any rules/

guidelines followed by all.

[Atlant]

11. As my candidate like sto say: "You have the power"!

> It does not bother me too much, but it would be nice to see any
> rules/guidelines followed by all.

As my candidate like sto say: "You have the power"!

Just push "Alert" on those 50KB JPEG fake signatures.

Atlant

[Melinda]

12. I think mine is fine, tyvm :-)

HOWARD DEAN IS GOD

/sarcasm :evilgrin:

My sig line is actually very small, but I can add a picture if ya like! :hi:

[Cheswick2.0]

13. your sig graphic is too big

for people who have dial up it is really unfair.

[Padraig18]

14. It is unfair.

The assumption that everyone has braodband capable of handling such huge-assed graphics is rather annoying.

[Melinda]

17. You do realize that most of my sig is text, don't you?

My gif is small, not huge assed at all.

You have the power to turn off sig lines - visit your preferences.

[Melinda]

16. Not according to DU guidelines (rules)

It's 5 kilobytes bytes, and 200 wide and 75 pixels tall. The guidelines state pics are allowed that do not exceed:

"500 pixels wide, 200 pixels tall, or 10 kilobytes."

But I'll consider making it smaller.

[incapsulated]

24. Your Graphic is NOT too big, Melinda

C'mon, now. This goes beyond dial-up vs. broadband. I am on dial-up and there is no way her graphic is too big.

[Melinda]

26. Thanks incapsulated. Courtesy is important - I'm pretty nettiquette savy

:toast:

[incapsulated]

28. It's funny..

I was always hesitant to post graphics because I didn't want to cause other people problems. But since you can turn off the sig, if your connection is really slow, maybe you should. Or just ban graphics altogether, then, if nothing is small enough. But if we do it within the rules, why not?

:toast:

 

[LTR]

18. C'mon, it's only 5k

Although I admit, mine kinda pushes the limit (about 500x200).

But I've gotten a huge positive response for it.

I may try to reduce the resolution later with IrfanView.

[Melinda]

22. I love my Irfanview - it's the best photo editor of all time!

You are obviously a pooch with impeccable taste. :toast:

[incapsulated]

15. I try to keep them small in kb

Under 12kb by all means. If I make them too small they lose quality. And, well... I like them, I made them. ;) I never indulged myself like this before, hehe. You can turn off the sig line if it's really slowing you down, too.

[KittyWampus]

20. I LOVE Incasulated's Graphics... And They Change Daily!

:D

As long as they're not too big, no problem. I have broadband by the way.

Hope mine isn't too big???

[incapsulated]

25. Thanks

Your's is just right, and very nice too I might add. :)

It's subtle, quiet, a very nice pic.

 
 

[JVS]

21. Isn't there an option to turn off avatars+sigs if you can't handle them?

[Melinda]

23. Yes, but what fun is that? It's much more fun to complain - isn't it?

[Atlant]

27. That was my point about people who simply paste in the URL.

There are a set of folks here on DU who skirt the rule by putting
explicit links to their pictures in each and every posting and
not putting the pic link in their sig.

You CAN'T turn off these poeple's non-sig-sig pictures without
disabling all pictures by all posters.

Atlant

[incapsulated]

30. Well then..

Maybe we should have a more strict rule about non-sig graphics and try to educate everyone on their ability to turn off sigs, as well as the rules about them as they are now.

[Atlant]

34. I think we actually have "an intent", if not a rule.

> Maybe we should have a more strict rule about non-sig graphics

I think Skinner said as much the other day (at least
in regards to non-sig sig images), but when I looked
in ATA, I couldn't find it just now.

In any case, I think it's worth alerting on obvious
non-sig sig images, especially if they violate the
filesize and/or image size constraints, especially
if they violate them by A LOT.

Atlant
(Who finds he can say most of what
he wants to say with no graphical
elements at all.)

[Melinda]

33. Then those folks should be alerted on

And those of us who are considerate of co-posters and follow the guidelines (rules) should not be, imo, unfairly singled out.

That's what Ima thinkin!

[Jerseycoa]

36. That is nasty

I hope my sig's not too big.

[incapsulated]

37. No, it's perfect. :) n/t

[Atlant]

41. I don't know -- I have sigs turned off! :-) (NT)

[Bucky]

29. Width isn't a big problem. Height is. They can be wide, but not tall

Horizontal space is under utilized here. It's the vertical space that needs to be conserved. This is not a graphics- or memory heavy site. I like that about DU. But the picture files that all really tall don't do anything for me. A limit of 80 pixels in height would be good manners in my opinion

[Atlant]

35. That's a very good point. Thanks! (NT)

[Cooley Hurd]

31. Mine's only 12K total...

I've been contacted by the mods previously about another sig graphic, so now I'm very careful about my graphics size. I had another graphic that caused another DUer to have seizures (it had a strobe effect and they PM'd me and asked me to change it - I, of course, did change it).

[artr2]

39. Your graphic I do not object to

or matcom or underpants. Its pictures that I object too

[artr2]

38. What I do...

is put them on ignore. I miss the benefit of their opinion but I am sure tired of having someones picture shoved in my face several times in a thread. Also, the reason I put this in GD2004 is that is where I run into this problem

Edit: left out a point

[Cooley Hurd]

40. We used to be able to remove our sigs directly in the post...

when we would post a reply, the html code (for our sigs) used to be at the bottom of the reply window, so we could remove our sigs if we wanted to. We can't do it anymore, or I'd remove my sig on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc posts within the same thread...

[Cannikin]

43. Is this too big?