Test for my signature

[Bob Familton 14]

My test. I agree with the others it is really not worth it at this size.

[Guest Edam]

All of this fiasco is priceless. Thanks for the entertainment.

[kjackson 0]

Here goes...I can live with this.

[barryward12345 0]

>Here goes... >>I can live with this. From a non-sig using forum reader, I think your new sig is just fine!! It was about time that the waste of bandwidth was reined in!!Barry

[Guest Edam]

>From a non-sig using forum reader, I think your new sig is >just fine!! It was about time that the waste of bandwidth >was reined in!! Agreed, especially when the sig is twice, or more, as large as the actual text of the post.

[Guest eko]

Hehehe. None of this should be really taken too seriously. :-)However, Tom is indeed breaking the rules with his sig. Although his width is well within the parameters, his height is clearly 40px over the limit. SHAME!!! :-)Still, with some judicious editing and color selections (you're better off using JPEG is you have many colors, GIF works best if your palette is sparse), a sig can come out "OK".My new sig (based directly on the old one) is now 9393 bytes... right at the limit. GIF was bigger, so I had to go with JPEG and fine tuned the compression. The sig is well within all the rules, 250x60, unlike Tom... who we all know is a rebel by nature. :-)Sure, it's a bit less flashy than my older one, but it still works. :-)

[Tom Allensworth 1,532]

"Tom... who we all know is a rebel by nature."You ain't seen rebel. Wait until you see my re-implementation of the Baby yellow scheme. :-lolI will downsize my sig soon, so as to not attract the flak.. God forbid it be 1 or 2 pixels oversize... :-lol

[Guest Jeff S KDTW]

>where your brain is working but seems disconnected from your >typing fingers? I meant 400 x 60 NOT 140 x 60... Upto 400 x >60 is kewl... Larger is unkewl! And so, my sig IS smaller >than the law allows. :) Tom -Not to cause trouble (I just don't understand :-)), but your sig is 200 x 100 and the limit is 400x60 (i.e. 100 is greater than 60). Sooo, is your sig REALLY smaller than the law allows.Puzzled,http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jsnyder99/si...cknameavsim.jpg

[Guest]

>>>Tom -Not to cause trouble (I just don't understand ), but your sig is 200 x 100 and the limit is 400x60 (i.e. 100 is greater than 60). Sooo, is your sig REALLY smaller than the law allows.Puzzled<<<<<

[Guest Fortress]

just a test too!Cheers,Paulhttp://www.strontiumdog.plus.com/sbird.jpgOfficially licenced by British Airways plc for use of name and logo

[Guest]

Hey Tom,Considering that the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) sets the guidelines for all "compliant" internet advertising, why not follow their file size rules?They specify a limit of 20k for gif/jpg and 30k for flash ads, as well as no more than 15 seconds of possible animation. If an industry consortium that targets the vast majority of dial-up and broadband users on the planet (MSN, AOL and Yahoo! are just a few of the founding let alone subscribing members), why not follow those limits as well... 20-30k seems a lot more reasonable size considering how bad JPG at anything under 70% compression can look when non-photographic elements such as text are included (and animated gifs are almost impossible at 10k and under because of the format's overhead).Just a seemingly reasonable idea to throw in the discussion.Take care,Elrond

[Guest]

testing 1.2.3.

[Guest]

I think banning the images in signatures would have more sense..what is the use of the signature when you can barely read the text from it.... I think I am switching to txt only...so no lame useless signature pix is taking up your bandwidth...P.S. I use 56K modem...and never complained about DL speed...

[Guest]

test....

[Sonar5 3]

Temporary of course... :-lol :-lolHere is my new sig...You Like it? :-lol :-lol.http://home.attbi.com/~sonar5/newsig2.jpg.Here are Picture Galleries of My Trip out west in 2002..Gallery #1 Pima Air & Space Museum + AMARC (Boneyard) at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona. (over 240 Pictures)http://www.pbase.com/sonar5/pimaamarc