Limit signature size

[LoHi]

I often come across .gif signatures that are HUGE (over 5mb in size). Loaded from imageshack servers that takes forever to load. Please limit the size of signatures...

[Alfreddo.]

Give me a link to the signature plz..I'll take a look..

Look my signature Edited,Resized and uploaded on imageshack.com = No problem

[Devin]

This is truly annoying, at times it takes far too long to open pages with a slow net connection like mine (30kb/s download speed), and to add insult to injury, the 5mb+ signatures that have to load too.

There is nothing really wrong with the .gif signatures, but it just gets annoying having to wait for pages to open due to users "large in size" signatures.

[Gandalf]

We have the option to remove links which would solve the problem, as signature images would have to be uploaded here.
However this might affect a lot of other things as well.

[Matt Murdock]

This is truly annoying, at times it takes far too long to open pages with a slow net connection like mine (30kb/s download speed), and to add insult to injury, the 5mb+ signatures that have to load too.

There is nothing really wrong with the .gif signatures, but it just gets annoying having to wait for pages to open due to users "large in size" signatures.

[Gandalf]

But would you accept being disallowed to have your current signature and having to re-upload it directly?

[LoHi]

Apologies for the slightly late reply.

A whopping 7mb signature by Caltson.

I'd like you to just implement a rule on it, but re-uploading should not be a problem to anyone really.

[EenBeeFour]

Apologies for the slightly late reply.

A whopping 7mb signature by Caltson.

I'd like you to just implement a rule on it, but re-uploading should not be a problem to anyone really.

So you're telling me, you have to load the page entirely and then it shows it? Mine doesn't do that.

I simply stop the page loading after it loads all the posts, it doesn't affect my reading if the signature isn't finished.

[Matt Murdock]

So you're telling me, you have to load the page entirely and then it shows it? Mine doesn't do that.

I simply stop the page loading after it loads all the posts, it doesn't affect my reading if the signature isn't finished.

Loads only half the page for me, if I do that.

[EenBeeFour]

Loads only half the page for me, if I do that.

I'm using Chrome on a 20kb/s download rate, works fine if I do it

[LoHi]

So you're telling me, you have to load the page entirely and then it shows it? Mine doesn't do that.

I simply stop the page loading after it loads all the posts, it doesn't affect my reading if the signature isn't finished.

I click on the 'new' button to go to the unread posts. It doesn't hop there until everything is loaded.

[Gandalf]

I click on the 'new' button to go to the unread posts. It doesn't hop there until everything is loaded.

You have two links in your signature. The only way to disable would be to remove the capacity of adding links, which means your signature would also be affected.

[LoHi]

You have two links in your signature. The only way to disable would be to remove the capacity of adding links, which means your signature would also be affected.

That would certainly upset many. How about making such a rule then?

[Pandalink]

Yea please don't disable signature links, they're really useful. I think the massive gif signatures are rare enough that a rule would do the trick.

[Devin]

Yea please don't disable signature links, they're really useful. I think the massive gif signatures are rare enough that a rule would do the trick.

This is a viable means of dealing with the matter, you do not often find members with large gif signatures but at times you get people with large gif files.
If you had to remove the URL/Link part, many people that have "click-able" links to lets say their groups topic would be affected.