along with name changing ... Avatars

[Matt_29]

since were on this topic about name changing how bout the size of Avatars ... they have gotten huge something needs done about it to .. when i have made them i have kept them small ... but man some of these are massive .. my current one is even smaller then ones i make .. could this be a small part of the 5 minute page reloads were getting ..

[Higg]

Definetly agreed... some avatars (and signatures) are bigger than any message in the posts...
but as proposal: condors condor should stay this big... he needs the place for his extensive detailed tech-descriptions <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0">

[CreepingDeath]

i wonder if it makes much of a difference if they are animated... anyone besides condor or whome still have one of those?

[MacGyver]

The avatars have little to do with the page loading. Even at work with a 3 megabit DSL connection, the forums can be slow at times for me. The slowness for me occurs between the time I click on a link and the time the page actually starts loading. The actual loading of the page is relatively fast, and if you visit the forums often enough, most of the avatars, smilies, etc, should be in your browser's cache.

[BigIkI]

I wanted to put an avatar on the Windriver Friends page, on JvaGuys and BurnFest website. But how the hell do yah put them on?

[DANIMAL]

Originally posted by BigIkI:
<STRONG>I wanted to put an avatar on the Windriver Friends page, on JvaGuys and BurnFest website. But how the hell do yah put them on?</STRONG>

You should ask them but I don't thnk IVAGUY is taking care of it right now. Before you had to eamail the pic to Ivaguy. now I think its on hold.

[DANIMAL]

Originally posted by MacGyver:
<STRONG>The avatars have little to do with the page loading. Even at work with a 3 megabit DSL connection, the forums can be slow at times for me. The slowness for me occurs between the time I click on a link and the time the page actually starts loading. The actual loading of the page is relatively fast, and if you visit the forums often enough, most of the avatars, smilies, etc, should be in your browser's cache.</STRONG>

This is the same with me. I've got DSL too. the other spot the forums really drag for me is between hittting the reply button and returning to the previous topic.
I thought it was just me but obviously not.

[em-clown]

Originally posted by MacGyver:
<STRONG>The avatars have little to do with the page loading. Even at work with a 3 megabit DSL connection, the forums can be slow at times for me. The slowness for me occurs between the time I click on a link and the time the page actually starts loading. The actual loading of the page is relatively fast, and if you visit the forums often enough, most of the avatars, smilies, etc, should be in your browser's cache.</STRONG>

I don't really think it matters whether you have a 99999mbps connection, the servers are just slow.

I do have an idea...users could set an option in their UBB control panel to display images or not. This would be a lot better for dial-up users.

[condor]

I agree - the server is so slow sometimes I think it's using dial-up <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

nothing to do about it - been a problem in WD since day 1..


for every server scott adds the number of useres doubles...

[Who Me]

The site loads just as fast at home on 56k as it does at work on a two meg pipe for me.

I'm sure if the avatars were a problem Scot would disable them. My avatar is only 8k, but if Scot thinks it will make a difference I am more than willing to change it. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

[sdrawkcab]

I don't care if it's slow... I still get paid the same <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

[Melmac]

Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
<STRONG>i wonder if it makes much of a difference if they are animated... anyone besides condor or whome still have one of those?</STRONG>

There are a few. <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

[Cromicus]

Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
<STRONG>i wonder if it makes much of a difference if they are animated... anyone besides condor or whome still have one of those?</STRONG>

Sheriff Q and Danimal have animated ones..probably a lot more

[SubZero]

Originally posted by The Walrus:
<STRONG>

Sheriff Q and Danimal have animated ones..probably a lot more</STRONG>

My animated avatar is only 22K. I don't think that would affect load time that much. JvaGuy designed the avatar so it would be smaller than the original.

[DJSEARCHING]

Well the tally goes like this:
banner ad----------8674 bytes
Windrivers logo----8285 bytes
static avatars----13920 bytes
dynamic avatars--122182 bytes
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total images-----153061 bytes

Graemlins,tax and title not included,your actual milage may vary based on driving habits,not subject to rebates. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

<----------Definately a Windriver addict.
Sorry wrong thread <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0">