Sorry about that folks! I’m going to take out the first pic as it didn’t come out to well and it takes up a lot of space-both screen space and memory space
wait, not only that, i’ll down size the second pic, its at 199K
Ive gotten it down to 54k
Man I love photobucket![:)]
I have cable internet, and I never really consider those who have dial-up since I haven’t had dial-up for 4 or 5 years. I like my new photo better, anyway.
Matt
yah, I was thinking about how long my sig was compared to my responses, but I really didn’t think about the memory space they were using. Glad to have cleaned out my sig though
The easiest way around this is to go to your personal profile and check off “do not display signatures”. I did this many moons ago because some threads were taking a long time to open, even though I have a DSL connection.
No signatures, no problems!
Bob Boudreau
The form got a lot more readable to me when I went into my profile and set
“Do you wi***o view members avatars when reading topics?” To “NO”.
I did leave the “view graphics” to yes.
Oops, I see someone else has already mentioned this.
Keep the photos small.
Dailup is on it’s way to the boneyard. In the mean time let’s try to help those who are stuck in dailup hell by simply using links to photos as I did instead of the actual photo.
Sorry. Pic is gone. I will keep doing photo time. I like looking at pics but I have high speed. Pic is not gone? I will work on that tomorrow.
Jim, I see someone gave you your answer. You can right click (on a PC) on your pictures and then choose properties and you’ll get a box that tells you how ‘big’ the picture is.
Jarrell
use favorites links Toggle Images.exe
funny no waky picks on this whole thred
b-
Already there. I, too, have access only to dial-up due to my mountain
location. All the assistance you can give in this area is greatly appreciated.
So I keep my own sig photo small as well.[:)]
I hope mine are ok. I’ve noticed a few of the posters sigs cause my computer to scroll slowly past their pics, but my sig doesn’t effect my comp.
Let me know if it’s a problem.
Rotor
Trust me when I say that dialup is not dead, nor is it approaching cheyne-stokes breathing.
Unfortunately. I do tech support and stuff for a local ISP, and while broadband is breaking out all over, it is still in the minority.
Some people can’t qualify because of locations (entire towns in some case) and others simply can’t afford the extra $20-30 a month it costs.
So be kind and think of the dialup people when posting.
I have cable, so it isn’t a problem for me usually, but a lot of people don’t have that bandwidth, and we should all try and be considerate.
Joe’s 50K rule of thumb is a good idea.
Rotor, the GN logo is good, the moving rotary GIF is 67K alone. Together they are a bit large. All you have to do to see the size of an image is right click in it and go to properties.
When preparing photos for placement directly in the forum, I always reduce their quality slightly, and limit the overall dimensions, partly out of consideration for others, and partly to conserve storage space.
Telling Members to turn off the view pictures and view avatars is blaming the victim. Its like telling a person bothered by an inconsiderate neighbors loud stereo at 2:00 AM that it’s their problem and earplugs are the solution.
I want to see the pictures.
I think a better analogy is this: Blaming members with large signature pictures for someone’s long load time is like blaming the airport for noise around your house, when you went and buit your house under the already-existing runway approaches. They’re a victim of their slow internet connection, not of the other members of the forum. Until a couple of months ago I had dial-up, and I just tolerated the slow loads. It was my problem, and it never even occurred to me to blame members with large signature photos.
Still, in the interest of good neighborliness, limiting the size of the signature photo is a considerate thing to do (mine is about 29k right now).
I think both are weak examples. It’s as simple as some people either can’t afford high speed Internet connections, or it’s just not available to them. We all simply need to be more accommodating to everyone.
I’ve noticed this issue on dial-up at home too. I think the forum admins need to find a way to build in file size restrictions on all pics. Any pic over a certain file size should not be allowed to load. That should resolve the issue once and for all.
I thought DIAL-UP modems were gone, I didn’t think anyone used them no more. WOW
I’ll take care of my pic
Good point, I really like alot of the pics but some are just too big. US guys with the slow connection have a heck of a time loading the images. Thank you. Joey
I remember my dial up days. Maybe we should have little Avatars under our names and no photos. It doesn’t matter to me. To be honest how many times do you need to see the same picture? I think dial up users can turn off the “display pictures, signatures, smilies feature” if they go into “update profile” and change their settings.
My apologies, gentlemen. I never thought about the size of the image I have been using. I’m actually a considerate person - I always place my shopping cart in one of the designated return stalls instead of just leaving it in a parking space when I’m through with it. I have reduced the size of my image to 31.85K which is within the suggested range of the group. I have also taken this opportunity to change the image itself to a different one (I was ready for a change myself).
If this new image still causes anyone problems, please let me know and I will either further reduce the file size or remove it completely.
Hope this helps!!