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General => General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion => Topic started by: Chuck W on September 25, 2010, 01:44:05 AM

Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Chuck W on September 25, 2010, 01:44:05 AM
That is all...
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: turbo_88_XR7 on September 25, 2010, 02:33:50 AM
any particular reason why? just curious.. does it make the pages with gif images lag or something? i know that happens on some forums
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: cougar1car on September 28, 2010, 09:52:09 PM
Quote from: turbo_88_xr7;336606
any particular reason why? Just curious..




x2...
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: V8Demon on September 29, 2010, 10:24:23 AM
Bandwidth and page load up speed.
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: oldraven on September 29, 2010, 10:28:35 AM
Quote from: turbo_88_XR7;336606
any particular reason why? just curious.. does it make the pages with gif images lag or something? i know that happens on some forums


I'm guessing yes. There are still a lot of members and guests using dial up, and that's painful enough. I wonder how much the smilies window uses. I know I usually just use the More button. Maybe only have the essential, non-animated ones in the window?
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Chuck W on September 29, 2010, 10:58:12 AM
If there was a way for sigs to only show on a poster's first post in a thread, it wouldn't be too bad.  I've seen it that way on a couple forums.
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: blu84302 on September 29, 2010, 12:44:59 PM
dial up modem here, via blutooth connection to my cell phone's data service.
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Beau on September 29, 2010, 01:19:35 PM
Quote from: V8Demon;337136
Bandwidth and page load up speed.



I've got an upper level DSL plan, and places like the corral slow my speed down dramatically...nothing here has any noticeable effect on my system though.

The first post having a sig only is a good idea, hopefully that's an option. :bowdown:
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Masejoer on September 30, 2010, 09:14:21 AM
Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;337161
I've got an upper level DSL plan, and places like the corral slow my speed down dramatically...nothing here has any noticeable effect on my system though.

The first post having a sig only is a good idea, hopefully that's an option. :bowdown:


Your PC will only download the image/content once though and cache it from there - displaying it any more is more processor/memory usage and that's it. Bandwidth usage would not improve, other than a few bytes for the tags that attach the cached content in each post.
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: sarjxxx on September 30, 2010, 10:30:50 AM
Chuck, isn't this the :wrongforum:?

(sorry, not trying to be an asshole) I'm sure you had a reason, just seems like a topic concerning site usage would be better off somewhere else...
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Beau on September 30, 2010, 10:35:42 AM
Quote from: Seek;337278
Your PC will only download the image/content once though and cache it from there.


Oh, yeah....duh lol
(had a brain fart :hick:
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: cougar1car on September 30, 2010, 11:47:41 PM
I have had an animated sig for a while now.. Why the problem now?? I have deleted it as to not "break the rules"  but what brought this on??
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: turbo_88_XR7 on October 01, 2010, 12:07:59 AM
probably because of mine :rolleyes:
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Chuck W on October 01, 2010, 10:33:21 AM
Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;337161
I've got an upper level DSL plan, and places like the corral slow my speed down dramatically...nothing here has any noticeable effect on my system though.

The first post having a sig only is a good idea, hopefully that's an option. :bowdown:


Quote from: Seek;337278
Your PC will only download the image/content once though and cache it from there - displaying it any more is more processor/memory usage and that's it. Bandwidth usage would not improve, other than a few bytes for the tags that attach the cached content in each post.


It wasn't a statement in regards to bandwidth, but more so to limit clutter.  Having an animated gif in multiple posts in a thread is very annoying.  ThunderChicken would have disabled them completely had he been able to figure out how.

Some forums don't even allow for pics in sigs, so...


Quote from: sarjxxx;337284
Chuck, isn't this the :wrongforum:?

(sorry, not trying to be an asshole) I'm sure you had a reason, just seems like a topic concerning site usage would be better off somewhere else...


Hey, I'M the asshole around here...:beatyoass:

It's the proper forum for my purposes.
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Beau on October 01, 2010, 01:48:37 PM
Quote from: Chuck W;337493
It's the proper forum for my purposes.


When Chuck types something, the forum corrects itself so that it's in the right place for his post. :D
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: sarjxxx on October 01, 2010, 03:32:10 PM
lol
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: T-BirdX3 on October 02, 2010, 12:01:16 AM
On a side note, I find the sigs with their own scroll bar highly annoying :D
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: dragon574444 on October 02, 2010, 12:07:53 AM
I agree with the scroll bar sigs, but animated gifs aren't a big deal. If you're using Firefox (and you should be :D ), install the Adblock Pluss add-on. Right click on any picture you don't like, click on "Adblock Plus: Block Image" and click on the custom bubble, then add filter.
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: turbo_88_XR7 on October 02, 2010, 03:10:23 AM
Quote from: T-BirdX3;337563
On a side note, I find the sigs with their own scroll bar highly annoying :D


x100!!!
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Thunder Chicken on October 02, 2010, 05:53:14 AM
Quote from: T-BirdX3;337563
On a side note, I find the sigs with their own scroll bar highly annoying :D


Not nearly annoying as scrolling through pages of sigs would be without 'em. There's an easy way to get rid of the scroll bar: Shorten your sigs ;)
Title: If you have an animated gif in your sig, please remove it.
Post by: Beau on October 02, 2010, 01:14:43 PM
Quote from: T-BirdX3;337563
On a side note, I find the sigs with their own scroll bar highly annoying :D

This...


Quote from: Thunder Chicken;337583
Not nearly annoying as scrolling through pages of sigs would be without 'em. There's an easy way to get rid of the scroll bar: Shorten your sigs ;)

And this. FTmf'nW.
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