Avatars: Yay! Sig pics: Grrr

[DMG]

I'll probably get smacked down for saying this but...now we have avatars do we really need the sig pics? I seem to spend more time scrolling through the same old boring pics rather than the meaty content.

Plus, it's ok for you lucky people with broadband connections...

Please...Pretty Please...Pretty Please with Sugar on top...

 

[Berandor]

I transferred my sig pic to be my avatar pic...

 

[DMG]

I transferred my sig pic to be my avatar pic...

Cool. One converted...

 

[Tiefling]

Well, you can turn off sigs entirely in the options page, or just turn off images.

 

[graydoom]

I didn't have a sig pic before, but I see no need for them now that we have avatars.

 

[MythandLore]

Well, you can turn off sigs entirely in the options page, or just turn off images.

If I turned off Sigs I'd miss witty things like:

I am the result of an incestuous relationship between a cheap whore and a demonspawn.

Are you?

But I am getting kind of sick of huge pictures in peoples sigs, now that we have avatars.
Small pictures are okay.
But when a sig pic is like 4 inches across on my screen and they are only posting one line, it looks kinda lame.

 

[Holy Bovine]

You mean like this?

 

[MythandLore]

You mean like this?

Umm... No.
The sig pic has to load for it to bother me.

When I just see a tiny unloaded box, I think it's kinda funny really.

 

[graydoom]

"Your .sig should never be larger than your post."

Can't remeber who said that, but whoever said it should be listened to.

 

[Tiefling]

"Your .sig should never be larger than your post."

Can't remeber who said that, but whoever said it should be listened to.

Are you suggesting that we change sigs for every post depending on how long it will be?

 

[Terraism]

Are you suggesting that we change sigs for every post depending on how long it will be?

Nope - just don't use the sig... I figure that you should only include your .sig once per thread if it contains a pic or something similar - in my case, now that I've got the avatar, I just put my closing in my sig. Anyway - if your sig is going to be bigger than the post, turn off the sig for that post. It works. And makes life SO much easier on everyone else...

 

[Viking Bastard]

Well, I like my sig too much...

 

[SpikeyFreak]

Well, I like my sig too much...

I like your sig too. Rectangles really turn me on.

--One Spikey

 

[BluWolf]

Is there some where we can see all the avatars that are available?

 

[graydoom]

Is there some where we can see all the avatars that are available?

Yes. Clik on "user cp", then go into "Edit Options", then click the "More info" link under the "Avatars" heading. That'll show you all the avatars. It's a big download, so I hope you have a cable modem.

 

[Piratecat]

I figure that you should only include your .sig once per thread if it contains a pic or something similar - in my case, now that I've got the avatar, I just put my closing in my sig. Anyway - if your sig is going to be bigger than the post, turn off the sig for that post. It works. And makes life SO much easier on everyone else...

This is excellent etiquette. I try to do this myself, turning off my sig for short posts or multiple posts in a thread.

 

[graydoom]

This is excellent etiquette. I try to do this myself, turning off my sig for short posts or multiple posts in a thread.

Since my .sig is YB!-related, I turn it off when not posting in Fight Club. And I turn it off there, too, when I'm not posting in a YB! thread. And I turn it off if I've already posted it in the thread.

I think so far I've actually posted my .sig exactly once on these new boards .

 

[BluWolf]

Thanks Greydoom!!

I actually figured out how to load a custom one.

Major accomplishment for someone of my limited simian brain.

 

[Jack Daniel]

Why, without massive 2-MB banner jpegs, you'd miss all the lovely stuff in my website... that is... uh... when it's done being built and all... know what, just forget me, okay?

 

[Viking Bastard]

I like your sig too. Rectangles really turn me on.

--One Spikey

Erm... what?