i think it was a good idea callip

9/13/2001 1:32:29 PM

NO.

DO NOT even think about doing this. This is the first step into the oblivion that is wasted bandwidth. I'd wager to say that 80% of the posts on this board are one line or less. You know how much precious space and time that would waste having to display STUPID avatar images? Its horrible. Next thing you know, people will want to have automatic signatures and stupid morons will have 50 line signatures of the lyrics to their favorite song below their post that says "heh, you're such a funny man!"

I've seen it on other message boards, and its horrible.

9/13/2001 2:34:52 PM

didn't we already try this a while back? people went signature crazy and it sucked.

9/13/2001 2:39:37 PM

Maugan: agreed 100%

Point is there are just too many one-liners to justify it. Somebody started the graphical signature thing about a year ago...but died out because it sucked

9/13/2001 2:41:40 PM

9/13/2001 4:04:15 PM

we arent talking about sigs here guys.... personal icons on the left side.. with a switch in preferences to cut it on and off so you dont have to see them..... the premium users are the only ones who can HAVE a personal icon... this way you could set ground rules as being a premium user and using this option - meaning if somebody found a way to abuse it you could take the privlage away..... also these would be small as a IM buddy icon - not much load time.. and once its loaded once its in cache and can be reloaded off your HD....

9/13/2001 4:17:16 PM

yeah... listen to maugan!

they had this "back in the day"... but I think one of the other reasons it was stopped cuz it took forever for some threads to load w/ everyone's "signature"

9/13/2001 4:29:47 PM

Everybody who wants to see what were' talking about go here: http://forums.off-topic.net These are NOT signatures, and they could be turned on and off by the user so if they are on a dialup, it wouldn't take 8 years to load a thread.

J

9/13/2001 4:59:26 PM

Quote :

"Next thing you know, people will want to have automatic signatures and stupid morons will have 50 line signatures of the lyrics to their favorite song below their post that says "heh, you're such a funny man!""

LOL I can see that now.

9/13/2001 5:00:58 PM

yet we are not talking about signatures....

Think about BUDDY ICONS for AIM....It would be VERY similar

9/13/2001 5:24:40 PM

I'm guessing mine would have to look something like this...

9/13/2001 5:57:43 PM

mdozer: and what purpose to buddy icons serve??? none. Absolutely none.

They waste bandwidth. Its quite moronic honestly. Sure their cute... sometimes original... but then you get people who find one icon funny and amusing, then you get 30 people using the same goddamned icon. Its stupid. My cable modem has better things to download than people's useless shit.

9/13/2001 5:59:37 PM

if your bitching... you dont see my intended goal... either that, or your bitching for the sake of bitching... which happens a lot on here.

9/13/2001 8:26:25 PM

I could see someone with a poor connection not wanting to see something like this happen...

9/13/2001 8:29:13 PM

Maugan... its been said.. many times... you can turn the feature off...

9/13/2001 8:29:44 PM

HEY JOE

9/13/2001 8:30:33 PM

and PEOPLE

9/13/2001 8:31:54 PM

Maugan.. it serves a damn good purpose... getting people to buy the premium service... if bandwith to cost balances to a gain.. then why the hell not?

[Edited on September 13, 2001 at 8:41 PM. Reason : df]

9/13/2001 8:39:21 PM

It's a nice idea, but I don't see it happening. Here's several reasons:

• Not much space under the names; it would increase the minimum height of post by at LEAST 30px for the smallest picture I can imagine...meaning even more scrolling.


• Bandwidth limitations-server side and client side; Sure they would be cached by the regular users but they would still burn up bandwidth. Plus it would make surfing by modem painfully slow. Giving the option to disable them would require some nasty code...meaning more processor time = slower pages.


• It would add clutter to the pages. The look of the site is very clean and minimalist and I think it would detract from that.




Its a good idea but there are some problems with it. If you want to personalize your account become a subscriber and get a status name.

9/13/2001 8:46:43 PM

I know what kay-lip is trying to say...but i like hearing maugan talk like that...it's sooooooooooooooo cute.

9/13/2001 8:49:57 PM

Joe... I was just trying to find a way to make it more personal yes.. but just that so more people would get the premium, and more people might register... just trying to come up with an idea that would make the WW "cooler" (bad word to use, but o well)

9/13/2001 8:53:01 PM

i want this put under my name-------->

9/14/2001 4:27:05 PM

Lauren: beware... I can be one pissed off skinny white man.

9/14/2001 5:31:50 PM

haha Tad you're nothing but a tall skinny history dork

9/14/2001 5:46:05 PM

grrrr...

yes, but I have a rather large vehicle that likes to run things over

9/14/2001 5:47:47 PM

I agree with Joe. This site looks hella phat because its clean and well organized.

9/14/2001 5:53:44 PM

i dig the minimalist look.

9/14/2001 5:55:13 PM

hey XL-where you wearing black shorts and a blue XL hat backwards today?

9/14/2001 6:01:06 PM

I just want to reitterate.. I dont differ in opinion from you guys ^ about this.. I just think a lot more premiums and new people would be added...

9/14/2001 6:01:36 PM

i agree with callip, it would be more motivation for users to pay for a premium subscription

9/14/2001 6:02:28 PM

minimalist will win

9/14/2001 6:28:27 PM

I took a class with this smelly rag of oil


HE HATES YOUR FREEDOM

5/23/2013 1:00:35 AM

read the whole thread...

amazing how just over 10 years ago people were courteous and non-insulting on here

5/25/2013 3:21:02 AM

Legitimate concern about modem users ITT.

5/25/2013 9:40:55 AM

The modem user comment made me have a flash back to my AOL days.

5/25/2013 11:00:34 AM

Quote :

"over 95% of people here are on resnet anyways."

5/25/2013 4:07:57 PM