Animated GIFs -

[Screaming Llama]

I don't mind animated avatars and such, but the gifs some folks have in their signatures are OMGHUEG, which means they're not only overly distracting, they also significantly increase page loading times and make my browser cry. That one with the rotting zombie hurts my eyes, too.

Please make them smaller, at least.

 

[CatParty]

i just got rid of mine, you're right.

 

[Screaming Llama]

Many thanks.

 

[champthom]

I'm inclined to agree but please don't make Niachu remove her animated gif, I love that little cat eating food from chopsticks.

 

[CatParty]

I'm inclined to agree but please don't make Niachu remove her animated gif, I love that little cat eating food from chopsticks.

i can watch that one all day

 

[Saney]

Is mine ok? Because I can remove it if it's a problem.

 

[Null]

Signatures suck in general. I've used CSS to soft-cap the size of the images embedded in them, same with YouTube videos. Ivan put some fucking poster sized thing in his so when he has a conversation I see the fucking thing 15 times a page, making 60% of the page's height literally just his fucking signature. I don't understand why some people think that's acceptable. I'm tempted to just disable signatures all together except for your user page.

 

[LM 697]

Makes me miss Yaks.

 

[Niachu]

I'm inclined to agree but please don't make Niachu remove her animated gif, I love that little cat eating food from chopsticks.

Thanks, champ I can try resizing it if need be, but don't make me get rid of him. He's a part of me.

I agree with there being some kind of size limit on signatures, though. When they're like 3x bigger than a post itself, it's a problem.

 

[pickleniggo]

I like to think mine is discreet enough, and it's pleasantly centered. I just want warn the world that you shouldn't GO2FAST.
If it's a problem though, I'll remove it.

 

[Dark Mirror Hole]

Sorry if my signature has been lagging the shit out of your computers, I got carried away making gifs. I'll change it right away!

 

[brooklynbailiff]

Tasteful.

 

[Holdek]

What about spoiler-coding one's signature? Doesn't that make loading optional?

 

[CatParty]

I know mine was kinda obnoxious. And I apologize once again.

 

[Screaming Llama]

champthom: Nah, Niachu's is adorbz. I think half this forum wants a cat like that.

Saney: Yes, yours is a problem because it takes ages to load, largely because it has a long animation time.

EDIT: Judge Holden's is the one that bugs me the most.

 

[Saney]

Gone (tragic really, I was rather attached to it).

 

[Bob's Fries]

How about me?

 

[LM 697]

How about my non-animated but fairly large one? Too big? Too James Caan-y?

 

[Saney]

How about my non-animated but fairly large one? Too big? Too James Caan-y?

I don't think anything can ever be too James Caan-y.

 

[Freecell]

I used to be of the opinion that a signature is too large if it takes up more than half of a post vertically. However, a signature like Compy's really doesn't stretch the box all that much, so I don't think it's a big issue. It would be nice if there were a smaller cap, since there will always be people who don't realize that the signature shouldn't constitute the vast bulk of their posts, but, because the minimum post box height will vary from user to user (because avatars), the ideal limit is nebulous.
I think we should just handle it on a case-by-case basis and let users know if their signatures are too large. We can delete signatures if they aren't responsive.