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ex_reven

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The 'red' portion is caused due to the information in the 'blue' portion:



Is that what you meant?

Yeah thats what I was referring to.
If we were to sacrifice our avatars, youd probably halve the amount of space used on a page. Which means sigs could theoretically be larger (by a small margin) in both dimensions AND in filesize, since the avatar no longer needs to be loaded.

EDIT - You could alternatively make User information (date of join, location, postcount, system specs etc) all as a drop down feature to save space. OR this information could be removed entirely by option in the user CP.

The effect is not as dramatic in large posts with the use of quoting other members, but in posts with single lined comments (arguably the most common posts made on TPU) the amount of blank space is quite impressive.
 

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heres a small, scaled illustrated example to show how much space could be saved by making user details (the ones below the avatar) into a drop box or optional in user CP form.
 

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This is still going keep it the same i no i sound like a broken record but honestly its great the way it is but thats just my opinion.
 

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I actually think putting all user info in a drop down would be great.
 

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I actually think putting all user info in a drop down would be great.

Yeah I was thinking of it.
Really we only look at it if we need to see someones system specs since we know most of the people on the forums and their post counts etc.
 
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This was a frustrating task for me i didnt think i could get good image quality at 19.5k i kept killing my sigs or making them even smaller than required but thanks to Ex revens advice its possible and with good results so now i vote keep it as is. It doesnt need to be changed.
 
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im not really bothered with the sig size anymore :p
i like my new sig..:p
 

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My vote is Again, fine the way it is. No offense, but there is enough "fan boyism" already. I love all you guys, but the site is awesome the way it is. My 2 pennies.........:cool:
 

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Previous posts have been deleted. Please stay on topic, this is not the general nonsense section. If you want to discuss your attraction to someone's signature picture then do it elsewhere.
 
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Signatures and avatars are turned off here, they serve no purpose and are ugly most of the time. That must be an e-penis things IMO....
 
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Signatures and avatars are turned off here, they serve no purpose and are ugly most of the time. That must be an e-penis things IMO....

Not always m8 some have Informational purposes and some are just a way of self expression and creativeness.
 
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I find azazels avatar very pleasing to the eye's id glady look at her all day :laugh:

But for creativity and possibly self expression i like polaris573's sig i love anything to do with space.
 
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