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Post by Letitroll98 on Mar 16, 2006 22:20:21 GMT -6
Hi Everyone,
Aurora40 recently made some changes to the board and I think we all agree on how great the picture uploading feature is, great work Bob. However I was mildly dismayed that the signatures are not being displayed on our posts, except for the last one in every thread. Many have put some small effort at displaying their individuality and I, for one, would like them replaced. For me, the threads look....naked. What do you folks think now that it's been installed for a few days?
Additionally, I think there is another issue with some of the pictures in the signatures being somewhat large. We used to have a limit on signature pic size, I think it was 100x500 or something. It seems we have gotten away from enforcing that and I think it may be part of the issue with the signatures being displayed. Does this matter to you? The signature text is limited to a certain number of characters by the software and isn't an issue, can this be installed for pics? (If the members want it of course)
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Post by Aurora40 on Mar 16, 2006 22:51:26 GMT -6
I don't believe we can limit pict size other than by noticing it an PM'ing folks. I don't particularly like seeing the same pic over and over on the same page, but if others do, I'll switch it back. Would it make a difference if it was on your first post rather than your last?
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Post by 95mushroom on Mar 16, 2006 23:25:56 GMT -6
I like them in all the posts. I think where it matters in, is in the recent 25 posts, where you see the same guy (myself included) does all of his posts at once. If we could restrict it there that would be optimum, because people who use that feature are ones that know everybody and everyone's sig. And then everyone browsing in each topic, can see all the sigs. I don't think there should be small set limit like 100x500. Something larger just incase someone tries to use a full-size pic. Out of the 2, sigs at the end is better, IMO, because threads tend to stay a while and go over 2 pages, or you only post once anyway.
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Post by Aurora40 on Mar 17, 2006 10:27:39 GMT -6
Out of the 2, sigs at the end is better, IMO, because threads tend to stay a while and go over 2 pages, or you only post once anyway. For a thread on multiple pages, you'll see each persons signature once per page. It won't be cut off completely on the first page since the person later posted on the second (or subsequent) page. Not sure if that matters, but FYI.
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Post by scottydl on Mar 17, 2006 14:52:10 GMT -6
I like the limited sig pics feature, because the threads look so much less cluttered that way. It gets annoying to me when two people are posting back and forth (totally legitimate in most cases) and the same images are taking up all that space. Or one person replies to a bunch of different comments all at once, with a different reply for each one. Aside from being poor posting etiquette, the same image is copied over and over and over again.
Moved to Forum Suggestions.
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Post by eurora on Mar 18, 2006 9:38:21 GMT -6
but there was a great feature not to show sigs at all. I am using it for long time now and like it. think i will try out new version also, having sig once on a page cant be too ... colorful???
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Post by dred98 on Mar 18, 2006 14:00:20 GMT -6
I just voted NO - I like a sig only once per thread. That's mostly because I live in the boonies and can only get dial up (no high speed, no cable - we're lucky to have paved roads!) - some of those pictures are just too big and slow. In fact I often go to "images off" just to get around at a normal speed. Limit the size as well, not only in sigs but everything else. I like to look at other peoples cars - but it's not welcome to have to scroll left and right and up and down to look at the picture.
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Post by scottydl on Mar 18, 2006 16:55:58 GMT -6
but there was a great feature not to show sigs at all. I am using it for long time now and like it. think i will try out new version also, having sig once on a page cant be too ... colorful??? That's my experience thus far. I still get to see the images, but not too much of them. dred98, good point about dialup too... there are still users out there without access to broadband. Aurora40, can this "1 sig image per user" feature be added as an user-selectable option like the "no sig images"?
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Post by Aurora40 on Mar 18, 2006 17:55:02 GMT -6
Aurora40, can this "1 sig image per user" feature be added as an user-selectable option like the "no sig images"? No. WRT dialup, though, your browser only needs to fetch the picture once, not once per occurence of it. So this really won't speed things up. But Dred, you can disable sigs altogether in your profile options (I'm pretty sure).
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Post by dred98 on Mar 18, 2006 21:31:32 GMT -6
Scotty - I just checked my profile and you're right, so I've just turned the sigs off - thanks !!
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Post by Aurora40 on Mar 19, 2006 7:49:01 GMT -6
I'm Bob, not Scotty... But glad I could help. On the topic of one sig per page, I am noticing an annoying side effect of the feature. And that is that it still inserts the whitespace that the sig would take up, just no sig there. So a post is just as long, but with a huge area of whitespace. I'll give the poll a few more days, but if the voting ratio doesn't change (2/3 against the feature), and no one makes any interesting/compelling points, I'll flip it off.
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Post by Aurora40 on Mar 21, 2006 10:07:15 GMT -6
Alright, the poll clearly favors not having this enhancement. And no one popped in with any objection/argument/point about keeping it. So it is gone. You will see sigs on every post just as always.
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Post by mission008 on Mar 21, 2006 10:45:43 GMT -6
darn....im too late...I wanted to argue against it....it takes like an hour in some pages to scroll through the posts because of everyones sigs....PLEASE LETS GET SOME MORE PEOPLE AGAINST IT!
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Post by TheLoveThatNeverDies on Mar 21, 2006 11:10:11 GMT -6
...it takes like an hour in some pages to scroll through the posts because of everyones sigs... An hour?! Honestly dude, don't you think that's kind of a stretch?
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Post by mission008 on Mar 21, 2006 11:22:37 GMT -6
please, i'm sick of seeing everyones sig over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over ..... get the point? how many times do you need to show your Aurora to other Aurora owners that know exactly what it looks like? put it in your profile and let people check it out there. or if you really want to flaunt your car then make a forum that is just for Members' Rides, and let everyone post their pics in there......oh wait, isn't it called Aurora Showroom? come on people, do we honestly need to see someones sig 7 times in 1 thread? no
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Post by scottydl on Mar 21, 2006 12:12:30 GMT -6
how many times do you need to show your Aurora to other Aurora owners that know exactly what it looks like? put it in your profile and let people check it out there. or if you really want to flaunt your car then make a forum that is just for Members' Rides, and let everyone post their pics in there......oh wait, isn't it called Aurora Showroom? Hehe, nicely stated mission. Those are my thoughts as well.
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Post by Aurora40 on Mar 21, 2006 12:15:50 GMT -6
Obviously they were mine too, as I figured everyone would be happy with seeing them just once. But it appears that's not the case. I don't really get sig picts anyway, you have an avatar, can include a web link, a signature to put in links, if people want to see your picture, they can click to see it.
But, it seems 2/3s of people don't agree with me, so back it goes.
You can still choose to disable signatures completely if you want.
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Post by mission008 on Mar 21, 2006 13:58:54 GMT -6
sigs = the devil! haha
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Post by 95mushroom on Mar 21, 2006 14:18:29 GMT -6
I think someone has into the shallow end too many times...
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Post by Wacko on Mar 21, 2006 15:56:26 GMT -6
do we honestly need to see someones sig 7 times in 1 thread? no Are you saying you don't like my dog? I realize she has a face only a mother could love but...
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Post by mission008 on Mar 22, 2006 6:48:30 GMT -6
haha....dont take it personally....i love dogs
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Post by 99oldsaurora on Mar 22, 2006 17:57:38 GMT -6
Isn't it funny how our polls reflect the national elections. We have over 1,000 members but only 16 people voted!
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Post by mission008 on Mar 23, 2006 6:53:36 GMT -6
^ haha totally true
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Post by oldsauroraman1 on Mar 25, 2006 13:08:54 GMT -6
19 now.
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Post by luvmybravada on Jun 6, 2006 12:16:00 GMT -6
Did I vote? I fogot if I did or not. hehe
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