Bounty__Hunter
Super Moderator
I'm on dialup and the forum pages seem a lot slower to load than usual. Anybody else notice?
Slowwwwwwwwwwww
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Bounty__Hunter
Super Moderator
I know dialup is slow, and I'm not going to pay anymore than I do now. Just saying that for dialup it seems slower than usual. Maybe I'm the only one here on dialup :roll:
K_K_PSI_GUY
New member
It has been slower. I thought it was AOL, but I guess I'm not the only one that noticed it.-al
Bounty__Hunter
Super Moderator
Too bad nabbing bad guys doesn't give me a raise, I'd be friggin Donald Trump by now 
Seriously, I do need paid more :lol:
Seriously, I do need paid more :lol:
Bounty__Hunter
Super Moderator
Ya, just one phone line. Maybe some quicker service sometime down the road, not anytime soon.
Tug-n-pull
New member
Cable here and no problems. Just take your lunch a few days a week and get cable it is so worth it. tug
jeepmaster
New member
could it be getting slower because everyone is putting pics in their sigs? would that suck bandwith to have to load up 30 extra pics each thread? ive noticed that jeepz is really the only board that has a lotta sig pics.. i mean some others do, but only the random person
Bounty__Hunter
Super Moderator
Yes, that does slow things down when there are a lot of pics, or a few pics of a large file size.
I think the avatar is enough, I don't see the need for pics in the signature.
I think the avatar is enough, I don't see the need for pics in the signature.
Sparky-Watts
Banned
I've noticed it slowing down. Several of the forums I visit don't allow pics in sigs, for that very reason. Eats up too much bandwidth.
jeepmaster
New member
should we ban them?
Bounty__Hunter
Super Moderator
That'd be up to Terry. It may be possible for him to restrict the IMG tag in signatures.
Shoot him an email and either link to this thread or voice your concerns.
Shoot him an email and either link to this thread or voice your concerns.
Hi,
Yes, the signature pics can greatly slow down page loading. However, I don't think they should be banned. There are two main factors which can/will cause images to load slowly:
> large image file sizes (not necessarily related to the display size of the image)
> Slow Remote Servers
We can easily increase image loading speed by using smaller filesize images. This means Compress your images more or scale down the images display size or do both. We had previously discussed keeping signature images BELOW 35KB in filesize. IMHO, It is unacceptable to use any images greater than 50KB in filesize in a message board signature or avatar.
Also, It is a given that images hosted on a public server such as Sony's imagestation will load slower than those hosted on a personal webserver or paid web hosting space since the public "free" servers are always busy (and thus slow).
But if signature images are causing too many problems, I'd have no problem taking mine down so others continue to have a fast "Jeepz experience" (though my sig image is only 24.08KB and hosted on a fast server )
-Nick :!:
Yes, the signature pics can greatly slow down page loading. However, I don't think they should be banned. There are two main factors which can/will cause images to load slowly:
> large image file sizes (not necessarily related to the display size of the image)
> Slow Remote Servers
We can easily increase image loading speed by using smaller filesize images. This means Compress your images more or scale down the images display size or do both. We had previously discussed keeping signature images BELOW 35KB in filesize. IMHO, It is unacceptable to use any images greater than 50KB in filesize in a message board signature or avatar.
Also, It is a given that images hosted on a public server such as Sony's imagestation will load slower than those hosted on a personal webserver or paid web hosting space since the public "free" servers are always busy (and thus slow).
But if signature images are causing too many problems, I'd have no problem taking mine down so others continue to have a fast "Jeepz experience" (though my sig image is only 24.08KB and hosted on a fast server
)-Nick :!:
jeepmaster
New member
doesnt matter to be however we do it, ive got cable and havent really noticed much change, just tryin to help the little guys out =)
