Large Signature Images, discussion

[AquaTeen]

Were not talking about pixel height, were talking about file size.

What limits do you put on your forum for this? I don't think anything over 500kb is really acceptable. Seeing that a 56k modem (sadly still the largest gateway to the internet on the planet) only runs at 53.3kb/s max... how much of a userbase would those huge images kill off.

500kb/53.3kb/s = 9.38s... which is a very long time for a page to have to load as it is. Take it further and you have an lower userbase because users can't handle the load time for your forum.

I don't know if anyone else has an file size limit on their site, but hopefully you would think of that now as not to lag users off of your site.

 

[Mike]

Someone can easily Make the file size smaller by saving it as a different type of Image, so a file size that is massive just isnt needed at all.

This is another reason i don't like animated signatures, they make the file size larger...

 

[Callum93]

I don't think my forum has a problem with this.

 

[AquaTeen]

This is another reason i don't like animated signatures, they make the file size larger...

I agree completely, I try to keep my own personal images under 30k just to be considerate to guests and other site viewers

 

[Cloverfield]

Not been a problem on my forum.

 

[Subz]

i used to have a filesize limit but i didn't bother after a while as no one had a sig that had a large file size

 

[Blue Robot]

I'll set limits if it becomes a problem, but otherwise no.

 

[MNDF]

Signatures of large sizes in that order are pretty rare.

I'd say just leave it unlimited and if there is a signature causing problems have your staff (or yourself) PM them asking politely that they remove, change or compress their signature image.

That way you keep people happy by letting them have their signatures and you keep the slow internet people happy by not having massive sigs 🙂

 

[poglii]

Not a problem currently but if they end up making the forum looking messy I might change things

Sometimes on certain forums I find it hard to distinguish from signatures and the posts themselves

 

[CyberFreak]

I just block big signatures as sometimes they cause me loading problems.

 

[Justin1]

I dont have an image yet, i will soon when i download photoshop again

 

[Kino]

I don't have a limit on my forums yet because no one but me posts large art.

 

[AquaTeen]

Signatures of large sizes in that order are pretty rare.

Yes, but I've had users on my site with animated signatures that go on forever and extend to more than a few megabytes. I find that it s unacceptable, but if I am but one on this side then eh, heh just thought it would be a nice topic of discussion.

 

[Bluezone777]

I never seen where large file size images is a problem on any of the sites I run/moderate.

 

[ℓєσ gнσѕт]

Ive never had a problem with file size, mostly just px size. Ill look into this now thats its been brought up, I never really thought about it before.

 

[MNDF]

Yes, but I've had users on my site with animated signatures that go on forever and extend to more than a few megabytes.

I'm going to assume that the number of members with such signatures is not even into the double digits, even in the length of time that GameRout has been open, correct?

 

[Black Angel]

600x200 < 300k

No flashing images or text, and .swf flash is not allowed.

 

[CyberFreak]

I usually find that the size of the images is more of a factor then the file size of it although as sometimes my internet is slow, people with images with big file sizes do cause alot of issues for me.