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Mammal
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Would it be worth constraining the sig image dimensions to a standard size (80x500 like in G&T rules), similar to how the avatars are constrained to 64x64?
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Plus any images smaller than that would be enlarged to that size.
Yeah i'm not sure how they could control the text other than a char limit linked to the text size bbcode.
Also, smaller images wouldn't be enlarged.
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This involves editing the phpBB TPL files in a similar way to how they were edited to force the avatars to be 64x64.
This was mostly directed at Alpha, however I was interested in the feasibility and whether or not you guys might think it's worthwhile.
Incidently, Alpha I'm still waiting patiently on your chash mod et al. Or did 2.0.10 make it unnecessary?
How would that work, exactly? You would have to specify the dimensions for every image... so they'd all be the same size. Just like avatars.
Sig size isn't really an issue. I can't speak for him, but I doubt it's going to ever be a priority to set up sigs for automatic enforcement, as the current case by case system mostly works.
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But yeah, you're right pheezer, doubt it's warranted.
Plus you fuzz have gotta have something to do right?
It really is the latter. It's oh so boring and time consuming to actively look for people to oppress.
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It's quicker and easier to jail / ban people that have a huge sig.
Well the reason I'd say they'd be enlarged is because currently if you put an image smaller than 64x64 as an avatar it is enlarged. So now we're talking about a adding code to work around autosize and enforcing a stricter character limit.
Maybe a personal option to not see others' signatures at all would be easier to do.
See, the thing is you don't get it.
Look at some of the sigs with multiple images. Would the boards check each image, add them up, consider the layout and then deform them if necessary? How would it choose how to deform them?
What about with text? How would the board know if the text in a sig caused the overall sig to be too large? How would it deal with that?
On top of the fact that it may be impossible, and if it isn't, it's certainly way too fucking demanding of the forums, it's always, always going to be absolutely jackbooted about enforcing it. Whereas under the current scheme we can just solve the problems as they arise.
As for the option to not view others' sigs, I don't see that as a necessarily good thing anyhow. So instead, let's all just be cool about sig limits, and if you ever have any concerns about anyone's sig, PM a mod. Hell, PM me, I promise I'll be discrete and make it look like I'm the jackass complaining to someone about their sig.
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Yes pheezer, I understand there are about a million things wrong with the idea, but I thought I'd just disect a hypothetical situation in which signatures were made an image only box the way avatars are because that's what was discussed in the first post.
I agree with all the things you have said, anyway. No reason to get snippy about it.
The avatar resizing program sucks anyway. I feel the urge to fix a lot of people's avatars to 64x64 because they are resized horribly. I forsee sig resizing's future as a surplus of crappy sigs that could have been made much better.
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Oh man, I hear you! When Moral Defecit had that distorted image of spike for an avatar I offered to resize the thing and host it myself just so I could get a clear image when he posted.