Turn off post icons, please.

[Chacal]

They really clarify things but I agree they're quite intrusive and some are not very well suited to the standard style.
I still like to have them, because I can focus quickly on topics of interest at first glance. And everything that enhance thread sorting and filtering is a good thing if I want to do at least some work instead of reading all enworld

People don't using them isn't a valid argument IMO. It's quite new and they'll learn. I'm not sure it's easy to select them in stealth mode.

As I liked the incentive to use the posticons in the old Nutkinland, maybe something similar could be done, like
a default "useless post" posticon when posting new threads .

If it doesn't convince people to use them, then nothing will !

Chacal

 

[Umbran]

Sometimes things are impossible to tell WHAT they're about without that icon.

Well, if folks can go to the effort of picking an icon, they can go through the effort of writing a thread title that actually gives a clue.

I'm neutral on the icons, overall. They aren't real pretty, but I can ignore them easily enough.

 

[doghead]

Being able to Sort or Search by post icon would be useful at times. But those icons are pretty screen real estate heavy (read 'wide'). For people with smaller screens (like me) that is a bit of a pain (more scrolling).

I'd have to agree that some of the post icons are pretty, er ... loud, and inconsistant with the general style of the boards. (I've only just discovered this cos I am a 'stealth' worlder.) Anything that cuts down on visual clutter and loading time is good in my book. Any chance of getting Stealth mode to zap the quaint images at the top of some of the forums?

the head of the dog.

 

[Crothian]

Perhaps in the users CP there can be a way to select them or not? Like avatars and sigs are .

 

[Seonaid]

That's a *great* idea. Any chance it'll happen?

 

[Michael Morris]

Installing that feature would require a PHP hack and table modification - not something I can undertake lightly.

If you hate the post icons, use the stealth styleset. I may also do other post-icon-less sets in the future, but please give it time. I only have so much time to work with.

When the new server comes online post icons loads shouldn't be such a problem. Also, if you load the show all post icons page you can cache the post icons and not have to reload them again.

 

[hong]

I don't mind the posticons. Actually, some are really pretty.

 

[diaglo]

I don't mind the posticons. Actually, some are really pretty.

yeah, i love this one:

 

[Plane Sailing]

The post icons are using the additional height which each row in the table currently has because of the thread originator appearing below the thread title.

I'd still really, really, really like to see thread originator appear in its own column once more.