Is there anyway we can block signatures from loading as recently a lot of users have put gifs in their signature.

1. I find seeing the same gif over and over again pointless
2. on my phone and College internet they can actually cut into my limited usage quite a bit

I know they aren't massive files but they do build up. I grabbed a few to check their size and they vary from 1 to 7MB and while for most this is nothing in terms of their internet usage on my phone I get 1GB and opening one thread today there were 6 of the same 6MB thread, so there is 36MB being loaded. Again not that much really but when you think I get 1GB for one month on my phone on average my daily usage has to average below 33MB a day so just the gifs on a thread go over that. Even if this maths is way off (I don't know how chrome/opera and Java forums deals with repeated images) they are still way bigger than a normal image. Some pictures I checked on here vary from .05-.1MB (this is not just signature ones, Kewell holding his Heart kit is 72KB)

Also it is just a visual thing, I am on here to have discussions not look at the same images over and over again. I am happy to see what club you go for as it can be useful in indicating how you approach a topic and I am sure it is a cool celebration or it is funny but seeing it once is really enough.

Now I am sure some people like them, hence they use them so I don't want them removed but I would like an option to not load them personally. Also if anyone knows how to do this without having the forums updated that would be nice (like using an addblocker to block signatures)

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I think the issue is with you, bud.

7mb is fucking ridiculous tbh.

I don't care because I have a shitload of downloads and I can adblock annoying ones but yeah, 7mb is cray. Even 1mb is pretty big.

If the forum just allowed you to choose not to see them that would be enough.

If I post 3 times in a thread, it's a shame that the gif only loads once :(

I can see what moofa is saying about them being annoying. They also make some people's signatures pointlessly large. But I don't think it's the forum's fault/problem that you have a shit download limit.

yeah but I do think they are pointless and signatures should be more about stating an opining so they could limit the size more. I sorta fixed it anyway by lot loading any images on my phone (a setting in Opera) and now I am blocking all images on Fourfourtwo.com (con be done in Chrome). It is not he best as images in posts are normally important but I figure I am in the minority so am fine with it. Also it makes the site really fast

Og is far from pointless.

Agree. Should be a size limit both in dimensions and file size, although enforcing that when users point to external URL's is difficult (if not impossible).

:lol:

-PB

This is the direct fault of the Joffa mod and Hatamoto!!!!

Burn them with flares whilst wearing Nike shoes, Champion hoodies and a pair of Ben Sherman socks! Terrorist culchaaaaaaah yeahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Edited by Eastern Glory: 8/6/2013 09:24:06 PM

I prefer colourful .jpegs if I am completely honest.

paulbagzFC I cannot see any images now so whatever you posted I cannot see (other than -PB which you always sign for some reason), problem is the quote button is also an image so I can't quote you either without doing it manually (writing in the [quote][quote/] myself)

.........HA! It's funny

Sarcasm font is blue bruv

I skim read this and the first time I thought it said "Terrorist Cthulhu"

Boo fucking hoo.

Harden the fuck up.

u wot m8

-PB

They're also good if they're spelled correctly



Edited by 433: 9/6/2013 07:35:31 PM

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Edited by iridium1010: 12/6/2013 06:00:26 PM

I agree. Its getting farking ridiculous with everyone's sigs.
I've always hated gif sigs in forums because it just makes everything load slower because people don't understand the concept of compression.

Fucking oath, when you've got 2-3 posts on a page with gifs in them made by people wiht a gif in the sig it makes the page intolerably slow.

I agree, gifs are incredibly annoying in sigs.

I love gif sigs because I have NBN.



-PB