jdeyke
Shining Chibi
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Post by jdeyke on Jan 10, 2005 10:07:57 GMT 10
Since most of our posts aren't that long (with an exception to some like the RPG back stories) it probably is around 50% or it is that our signatures are too big? hm... I feel that 10-25% signature text is kind of normal... but until this point I haven't really noticed the proportions of discussion and signature space. To me the signature is mostly a recognising symbol as well as a message the memeber is telling everyone. Shouldn't we be more concerned about the amount of discussion rather than the proporation to our signatures since there will always be a signature after your text if you put one? This is just my opinion but an interesting topic brought up nevertheless. That's exactly what I mean... since signatures are basically only there to tell people apart more easily, they don't need to be quite so big. Enourmous signatures not only make the actual post text harder to find, they also needlessly increase load times. A small picture or quote is fine; but at some point it just becomes distracting rather than helpful. Exactly where that point is varies from person to person, but I think you'll have to agree that when over 50% of the space on the screen is taken up with headers, signatures, etc, it looks like a board for posting signatures with the occasional discussion thrown in rather than the other way around...
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Post by Chibi Jen on Jan 10, 2005 10:12:29 GMT 10
Most signature images aren't that big.. if you compare it to a lot of other forums; especially: www.moonfantasy.com/phpBB (some have a few wallpaper size images) I guess we should encourage some smaller images in the signatures; to decrease loading time.. There may be a new option in the future, for users to choose if they wish the view signatures when viewing the board or not
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jdeyke
Shining Chibi
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Post by jdeyke on Jan 11, 2005 4:21:10 GMT 10
Most signature images aren't that big.. if you compare it to a lot of other forums; especially: www.moonfantasy.com/phpBB (some have a few wallpaper size images) Those signatures are so far past riduculously huge, I'm not even going to bother to guess at what was going on in the posters' heads when they thought that was a good idea... I guess we should encourage some smaller images in the signatures; to decrease loading time.. There may be a new option in the future, for users to choose if they wish the view signatures when viewing the board or not That sounds like a good idea; though I'd prefer people voluntarily keeping signatures reasonable over not seeing any at all, since to do add flavor and help to tell people apart. Other boards I visit enforce a maximum size of 320x200 or 500x130 (and a file size limit of 25kb)...
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Post by magicchicken on Jan 14, 2005 14:48:02 GMT 10
I like CF, it's a great forum. I gave it a 4. I think the reason is most of the members don't share my main common intrests, (I'm not saying I hate anime/ manga I love it) just really in the way of music and you just things that you take a intrest people.
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Post by Sailor Comett on Jan 15, 2005 17:57:49 GMT 10
I love CF... It's very active and there's loads of really interesting stuff in the boards... I'm very bad, I come and go in waves, lol. I haven't been on in ages, then suddenly I remember and start posting like a demon... I'm sorry. New Years Res - to be more active.
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