Spoilers in signatures

[kk.]

In my time in the moderation department, I haven't seen anybody treated injustly in regards to signatures or avatars. I think it's incredibly stupid arguing over the sake of a few pixels.

You are correct in saying there's no need for signatures or avatars, but it's nice to have a signature/avatar but I don't see why we'd need to allow larger signatures in spoilers, and I think in regards to loading times, this is quite a valid point, as if people have videos hidden in their signatures, it is going to increase them.

I just don't see any need for users to be able to post larger images/videos in a spoiler in their signature, I just don't get it :S

fine then ill go make a signature thats over by 1px if people arent going to do anything about it. At this rate, in the year 2050, ill be able to have a signature image of 310px with this inflation!

It'd be nice for me to be able to post a video.. I swear people are contradicting themselves. seriously. let me check.. ah it was garion that said it..

It's not only forum loading that is an issue, that's a relatively minor issue to be fair.

As i said, the player ONLY LOADS WHEN THE SPOILER IS CLICKED. in any case, i think the video player is a bit on the large side anyway. Have you thought about having it so the height is 300px

I dont get what people arent seeing either :S

[Catzsy]

I have The avatar page said I was allowed a avatar sized larger than I really was So I put that sized avatar. I got a PM saying my avatar is too big. I provided screenshots of the page, the person agreed and asked the Admins to fix it. Still got a usernote for having a larger avatar when the person doing the settings messed up ...

Well presumably whoever it was realised the mistake because you don't have a usernote for it now. =]

[Seatherny]

Well presumably whoever it was realised the mistake because you don't have a usernote for it now. =]

Are you sure? Check the date 25-11-2009 on my usernotes .

[Blob]

I would have thought it would load it regardless of if the spoiler is clicked, because the contents of the spoiler isn't loaded externally meaning your browser will still load the source code used for it.

[Catzsy]

Are you sure? Check the date 25-11-2009 on my usernotes .

Yes you are right. Sorry I thought you meant recently!|-)

[kk.]

I would have thought it would load it regardless of if the spoiler is clicked, because the contents of the spoiler isn't loaded externally meaning your browser will still load the source code used for it.

i dunno, when ive been on other forums it seems like it loads the player after ive opened it :S

[Sammeth.]

Nah theres no need to have videos in signatures, this won't happen at all.

[kk.]

Nah theres no need to have videos in signatures, this won't happen at all.

nice to see it was considered :rolleyes:

whats the actual reason you dont want videos in signatures?

[Jamesy]

For a start it then has to load for each post you have made in a thread. Flash is relatively resource intensive - especially on low end PCs so this puts other users at a disadvantage. Secondly it would be higher than the usergroup limits, than an image and finally because it's ultimately more moderation we have to do. Ultimately the second one nails the coffin shut

[kk.]

For a start it then has to load for each post you have made in a thread. Flash is relatively resource intensive - especially on low end PCs so this puts other users at a disadvantage. Secondly it would be higher than the usergroup limits, than an image and finally because it's ultimately more moderation we have to do. Ultimately the second one nails the coffin shut

the flash is only in use if the video starts playing which is up to the part of the user who clicks it. In that case they would know that they wouldnt be able to run it. I can understand the modeeration, but i just dont understand why people have instantly ruled it out. Spoilers dont add much to the forum, and can give users more flexibility. (like Sex's signature is too big but it looks good but he cant have it )

The standard screen size is 1024px. Taking into account the widths of things, is it possible to increase the max width of the signature to 800px pls