06-06-2021, 02:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-06-2021, 02:41 AM by CtrlAltDel.)
(06-06-2021, 12:16 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: On a forum like this, for one returning visitor (who has all the sig files cached locally) we have a hundred first-time visitors who haven't... Little impact for the forum server, since the sigs are on imgur or elsewhere, but potentially a sizeable impact for the visitor, especially if using a slow link.
Can't the forum software be made to not allow signature images, or even avatar images? Your avatar is 16 kb, mine is 20kb, etc... for all users that have them. My signature file size is 62 kb, which I thought would be reasonable but, maybe not if there are many users who have not only dial-up connections, but poor dial-up connections. This is not even taking into consideration those who have to pay for every single bit of data.
They probably have to quit visiting the forum very quickly when people start linking 200-800kb images for illustration purposes, which happens in just about every thread. They don't stand a chance when there are, and there are a lot of examples on this board, .gif animations easily consuming 2-5mb posted.
I will delete my avatar image and signature image as I didn't realize it could be such a detriment to others. I guess I live in a sort of fantasy world wherein I have unlimited bandwidth provided for a set monthly and reasonable rate and I don't stop to consider other's situations in the world. I guess that is why Americans are so despised by so many, we never think of others.