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Hmm, did I miss something? For some weeks now I cannot see any signaturs below our postings. Not mine, not yours. I often browse another forum based on the same layout, where all signatures are visible as usual. What about you? Do you have the same problem?

I can't see them either.

No sigs anywhere. Perhaps Jens could shed some light on this issue?

stratohawk wrote:Hmm, did I miss something? For some weeks now I cannot see any signaturs below our postings. Not mine, not yours. I often browse another forum based on the same layout, where all signatures are visible as usual. What about you? Do you have the same problem?

I think that signatures disappeared about two or three months ago!
But why JENS deleted our dear Signatures?

It's not difficult to ask these days...

Actually I noticed this ages ago, I just couldn't be bothered to mention it

I meantioned it some years ago in the Thread Killer topic.

Dave wrote:I meantioned it some years ago in the Thread Killer topic.

Well as I'm sure everyone carefully reads every post in that thread...

I remember awhile back Jens said if declining bandwidth became a problem, the sigs would be done away with.
So, maybe he disabled that function.

Maybe later I could try to find that post if it has not been deleted.

NeonVomit wrote:Actually I noticed this ages ago, I just couldn't be bothered to mention it

Yeah, I mean, I also noticed it as soon as it disappeared, but I always thought it's because of some mistake/error caused by me/my browser, or something. But just know I thought I could ask you others. Okay, so there's nothing to do right now.

Yes, I know, it's not the most important thing. But I like those signatures, it somehow tells something about ourselves.

Kokordilos wrote:How much bandwidth usage could come out of a few lines of text? If he really wanted to conserve bandwidth then he'd do away with display pictures that are uploaded to this site, make everyone link externally

Nothing is closer to a God on Earth, than an Admin on a Forum.

NeonVomit wrote:

Kokordilos wrote:How much bandwidth usage could come out of a few lines of text? If he really wanted to conserve bandwidth then he'd do away with display pictures that are uploaded to this site, make everyone link externally

Nothing is closer to a God on Earth, than an Admin on a Forum.

Plus, I remenber him saying that he don't like signatures. If I'm not mistaken...

Equinox wrote:

NeonVomit wrote:

Kokordilos wrote:How much bandwidth usage could come out of a few lines of text? If he really wanted to conserve bandwidth then he'd do away with display pictures that are uploaded to this site, make everyone link externally

Nothing is closer to a God on Earth, than an Admin on a Forum.

Plus, I remenber him saying that he don't like signatures. If I'm not mistaken...

Yeah, thats the post I'm referring to!

Equinox wrote:

NeonVomit wrote:

Kokordilos wrote:How much bandwidth usage could come out of a few lines of text? If he really wanted to conserve bandwidth then he'd do away with display pictures that are uploaded to this site, make everyone link externally

Nothing is closer to a God on Earth, than an Admin on a Forum.

Plus, I remenber him saying that he don't like signatures. If I'm not mistaken...

why? what's bad about signatures?

stratohawk wrote:

Equinox wrote:

NeonVomit wrote:

Kokordilos wrote:How much bandwidth usage could come out of a few lines of text? If he really wanted to conserve bandwidth then he'd do away with display pictures that are uploaded to this site, make everyone link externally

Nothing is closer to a God on Earth, than an Admin on a Forum.

Plus, I remenber him saying that he don't like signatures. If I'm not mistaken...

why? what's bad about signatures?

Perhaps the same reason I don't like eggplant.

oh, I see...

I remember when we were allowed to have pics&banners in our Sigs.

Jens allows even big-Sigs in his forum, but its not many people there.

stratohawk wrote: why? what's bad about signatures?

No idea. I think you're asking the wrong man. Maybe if you go thru all his post you'll find the one/answer you're looking for.

Eggplant.

But what do you guys say if we post this discussion link to Jens. And ask him to return our signatures!!!

StratoTimo wrote:But what do you guys say if we post this discussion link to Jens. And ask him to return our signatures!!!

I´d say it´s a good idea!

IceBreaker wrote:

StratoTimo wrote:But what do you guys say if we post this discussion link to Jens. And ask him to return our signatures!!!

I´d say it´s a good idea!

We could do this. But we should remember that Jens is very busy. I remember that I had a message to him in my OUTBOX for five months or so...

Myspace is easier...I sent him a message about it some months ago...But I didn't get any answer. It's probably something he did willingly. Take out the signatures I mean.
He answered some other time though.

I made it! I send MySpace message to Special J... I mean Jens! I hope he now give Signatures back...But it could take for a while because he is busy also...
Or is he?

Or maybe he doesn't want signiatures for whatever reason?

This board is not a democracy. It is a Jensocracy.

Yes!!!! I got the answer now!!! Guess what?
Here is message from JENS JOHANSSON:

Jens Johansson wrote: oh! yeah! the signatures!!!!

i forgot why i did that. sorry! people put 8000 pixels wide images there and it's annoying? don't remember. sorry! i do hate automatic signatures anyway tho

StratoTimo wrote:Yes!!!! I got the answer now!!! Guess what?
Here is message from JENS JOHANSSON:

Jens Johansson wrote: oh! yeah! the signatures!!!!

i forgot why i did that. sorry! people put 8000 pixels wide images there and it's annoying? don't remember. sorry! i do hate automatic signatures anyway tho

Hmm, well... wouldn't it be possible to prevent posting images as signatures? In another forum where I am registered it is only possible to use written signatures, which even cannot be longer than 4 lines.
Again, not that it matters too much. But I like those signatures, every member can express a little bit about oneself with them.

Doesn't surprise me that he doesn't like signiatures, he's quite minimalist when it comes to internet stuff...

You couldn't put images into your signature in this forum anyway as far as I know.

Dave wrote:You couldn't put images into your signature in this forum anyway as far as I know.

At the beginning we could have images&banners in our sigs, but Fred Derf(the last official Webmaster, remember?) disabled that capability when the Forum had its last major overhaul. So, why did Jens say that? I think Jens meant the Slovenia trolls, but those dumbasses haven't been here in over 2 years!

Whatever, I'm not too upset by the loss!