Board peeve

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:06 PM

Stinger... it does look smaller to me, I liked it like it was!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:20 PM

nsclcctl, You read my mind, A lot of the spelling errors must be due to typo's, I make quite a few, BUT I ALWAYS READ THROUGH & CORRECT BEFORE I POST. Also, not everyone has broadband, all these pictures slow things down. The only way I can get a decent download time is to go on early in the morning, usually 6.00AM on Thursday & Friday ( The weekend here in desertland). At the moment it's 04.25, & I'm about to go for breakfast before heading to work for a 6.00AM start. Yet even at this time it's taking minutes for some threads to open up. So smaller or less pictures would be a big help.
Pete

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stinger

Member since
January 2003
From: Everywhere

Posted by stinger on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:04 PM

nsclcctl

Doe this image look any smaller than before?

I reduced the original file pic to the smallest available to me (320 x 200).

It looks the same to me.

stinger

May an Angel be your wingman, and the Sun be always at your six

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nsclcctl

Member since
May 2003
From: USA

Posted by nsclcctl on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:08 AM

Go Huskers!

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M1abramsRules

Member since
June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:24 AM

yeah, I think the biggest was dwight's tank moving across the banner, but it was slowed down by david, and it worked good. BTW he no longer uses that sig. and his new one is fairly small

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maddafinga

Member since
March 2003
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Posted by maddafinga on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:03 AM

LSU...LSU...LSU...BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Hehe.

I think the resizing has to be done by the person who posts the pic. FSM automatically resizes the image, but if you're on dialup, it wouldn't happen instantly like it does for broadband. I will agree that as a matter of common courtesy, most people should resize their sig images, but also, most of them do. I can understand your frustration here waiting for stuff to load up, but are you sure that it's people's sig images and not other posted images or just slow web connection on certain pages? I've been looking at peoples images and for the most part, they're not very big.

Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga

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nsclcctl

Member since
May 2003
From: USA

Posted by nsclcctl on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:52 AM

First off, I meant board and not bored.
Second, all I am asking is can the person using pics in the signature resize them or is it us on the receiving end? Pics are great, don't get me wrong, however, I am scrolling and scrolling to find message and often scrolling the same pictures. By the way, the modern fighter with OU needs to be changed to LSU baby!!!!!

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KJ200

Member since
July 2003
From: Bicester, England

Posted by KJ200 on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:13 AM

I'm with the recognising people by their pix school of thought.

I don't think they should be bill borad sized, I'm not that blind, but big enough for quick recognition.

Karl

Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 8:51 PM

I also just finally got a pic on my signature this weekend. I personally enjoy them, as I tend to recognize people by their pics, and I can immediately picture their response, attitudes, preferences, etc........for me it's just a familarity issue.....kinda like comin home for the holidays after being overseas.

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stinger

Member since
January 2003
From: Everywhere

Posted by stinger on Monday, January 19, 2004 6:13 PM

I never knew that there was that option.

Seems like that would be a very simple solution.

Now that I can post images, the thought occurred to me that the same one, over and over, would get to be boring, so I decided that I would rotate images after a certain length of time (or whenever the fancy strikes me) in order to keep it fresh.

stinger

May an Angel be your wingman, and the Sun be always at your six

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maddafinga

Member since
March 2003
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Posted by maddafinga on Monday, January 19, 2004 6:04 PM

I like the pics myself, I like to see things people have picked out for themselves, and to see the changes they make as time goes on. If I didn't have broadband, I might feel differently, but then I'd probably select the don't show other people's signatures option in my profile.

Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga

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stinger

Member since
January 2003
From: Everywhere

Posted by stinger on Monday, January 19, 2004 5:49 PM

nsclcctl

Having just added a pic to my sig this last wekend, I took into consideration how it would appear size-wise. I cropped the photo as much as I thought I could and still keep it visually balanced.

Is my pic an example of what your topic is referring too.or are you speaking of something else? Criticism is welcome here.

stinger

May an Angel be your wingman, and the Sun be always at your six

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 5:44 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Scott53

Model Pic's of one's accomplishments are great! Maybe someone can give a brief statement on how to properly scan and reduce the photos so that they're not such a nussance to readers?

Use a program called "Irfanview". It is FREE and easy to use.

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M1abramsRules

Member since
June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, January 19, 2004 5:10 PM

yep, I agree with you on that all the way. but, also I made sure my signature does not take very much space, in consideration for those with slower connection speeds

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 4:52 PM

To be honest, and not to offend, but I think that the signatures and posted pix are one of my favorite parts... I guess I just haven't had an issue with the pix. I'm always happy to see a thread where pix are posted, and I have come to identify some by their sig. pic. to me it's like their identity... just my My 2 cents [2c]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 4:38 PM

Model Pic's of one's accomplishments are great! Maybe someone can give a brief statement on how to properly scan and reduce the photos so that they're not such a nussance to readers?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 4:30 PM

Or, you can scroll past them and not infringe on someone's freedom to express their individuality.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 2:02 PM

I have "show signatures" disabled in my profile, did after the first few days here.

But agree that page-long and graphic intense signatures are more of a pain than anything.

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oldhooker

Member since
July 2003
From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)

Posted by oldhooker on Monday, January 19, 2004 1:32 PM

Hmmmm.... each image is set to resize itself after said image loads, then the viewer clicks on the *smaller* image, and it opens in a seperate window in full size. Yes, there are a lot of Signatures used, which represent the individual some way, but quite honestly, never considered them a problem.

Maybe this should be directed to the individual/s who are including a "massive" signature block to thier post...?

Frank

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nmayhew

Member since
July 2003
From: Kent, England

Posted by nmayhew on Monday, January 19, 2004 1:21 PM

just read that last post and i thought i'd logged on to missing-lynx by mistake!![:0][:0][:0] Laugh [(-D]

Kind regards, Nicholas

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echolmberg

Member since
February 2003
From: Green Bay, WI USA

Posted by echolmberg on Monday, January 19, 2004 12:09 PM

I agree. There are so many signatures out there that seriously need to be scaled back. I don't need to see a plane or a tank that takes up half of the screen. They would be doing a great service to the forum if they replaced it with something smaller or, as stated before, just show it once and that's it.

Eric

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nmayhew

Member since
July 2003
From: Kent, England

Posted by nmayhew on Monday, January 19, 2004 9:38 AM

hope no offence was taken there by the way; i was bored too and couldn't resist... Tongue [:P]

regards,
nick

Kind regards, Nicholas

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nmayhew

Member since
July 2003
From: Kent, England

Posted by nmayhew on Monday, January 19, 2004 9:29 AM

personally it doesn't bother me Smile [:)]

, although i've got a fast internet connection, hence download time isn't an issue. Tongue [:P]

just my

...
regards,
nick
ps nsclcctl since you asked about the spelling, it should be "bored", as in failure to arouse interest etc; a "board peeve" may well refer to a surfer who isn't get getting good surf that day!! Laugh [(-D]

Kind regards, Nicholas

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Lufbery

Member since
December 2002
From: Harrisburg, PA

Posted by Lufbery on Monday, January 19, 2004 8:34 AM

I wouldn't mind seeing them again and again if the graphics were smaller. Some of the signatures really slow down page loading on my dail-up connection.

Regards,

-Derw

-Drew

Build what you like; like what you build.

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murph

Member since
January 2003
From: West of the rock and east of the hard place!

Posted by murph on Monday, January 19, 2004 8:17 AM

I agree. It's always nice to see the work some of our members have completed and some of the graphics / patches / logos / photos / etc in the members personal signatures but we only need to see them once.

Retired and living the dream!

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nsclcctl

Member since
May 2003
From: USA

Board peeve

Posted by nsclcctl on Monday, January 19, 2004 7:07 AM

I don't know if the spelling is correct and I know I will upset some people. But, when I open messages, some of the photos are just becoming a bit much. The photos are fine, it is the size. I am scrolling down and down looking for text. Now, there may be a way I can change the way my computer sees things, I will buy that I am ignorant. If not, please be aware that when you have something consistently posted in your messages, we see it time after time after time and it takes up a lot of space. If anything, simply reduce the size as some have done and keep it tasteful. OK, start dropping bombs on me, I deserve it. I am just tired of all the space taken up by the same photos.

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