Ugh.

I didn't see the harm at first but now every other thread I read is littered with images. It's quite jarring.

I just thought I'd stick up a poll to see how everyone else feels about it (in the hope that everyone agrees with me and img tags are removed again).

What the flamin' heck in a zoo? :eek:

I don't see any pictures in the posts!
Only the link adresses.

I need [img] tags to live.

Actually, I think that there's just some inital abuse of the tags. Once the novelty wears off, everything will be just peachy again.

I say they should stay (once they work properly - i too just see links).

I need [img] tags to live.

Actually, I think that there's just some inital abuse of the tags. Once the novelty wears off, everything will be just peachy again.

Good point.

It's just horrible when you oversleep, haven't hd your morning coffee, and your fanart thread is suddenly raped by img tags. Also, it's getting a bit out of hand in the anime thread.

I just hope you're right, FutureWorm.

They work fine for me. Maybe you guys have "Show Images (including attached images and images in [IMG] code)" disabled in your User CP?

And they don't bug me a lot, I just don't like it when they're so wide they cause horizontal-scrolling. Thank gawd for Opera's "fit to width" button.

Hey, I quite liked my pictures in the anime thread. Though slightly large, I feel the look of an anime is important, so they weren't [I]too inappropriate.

Instead of getting rid of the IMG tag in toto, I'd say letting the moderators know they can and should remove pictures whenever they feel someone's overdoing it would be enough. If that includes my posts, so be it.

Also I'm pretty sure the hype will wear off after a while, people are just excited at the endless possibilities for now. I'm sure the optimism won't last, mwahahar.

And they don't bug me a lot, I just don't like it when they're so wide they cause horizontal-scrolling. Thank gawd for Opera's "fit to width" button.

I'd prefer table breaking to the horizontal scrolling, but maybe that's just me.

I don't mind them - if someone posts an inappropriate image, we just delete it and give them an infraction/warning.

People will get over the novelty and stop adding useless images sooner or later. At least it's not putting as much a strain on the forum server as people attaching useless pics. If you see someone abusing the tag, just report it.


Edit:

Dang, clicked the wrong poll button. That's what happens when the poll question is the opposite of the thread title :mad:

Hey, I quite liked my pictures in the anime thread. Though slightly large, I feel the look of an anime is important, so they weren't [I]too inappropriate.

They weren't at all inappropriate. I would have liked to have seen thumbnails or just links, though, to be honest. :)

Dang, clicked the wrong poll button. That's what happens when the poll question is the opposite of the thread title :mad:

Mwahahahaha :D

Frankly the forum's been one foot in the grave ever since the release of W3D. It may indeed wear off, but [img] tags at present seems like another foot in the grave. :p

once they work properly - i too just see links
Solution:
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=525632&postcount=59

I say IMG tags go away!
They completely uglify the nice look of the retro purple fixed look.

Or maybe I should disable that option again.

I have it selected already.

I always have "Load images for the originating web site only" checked anyway so it doesn't matter to me. There are a few domains (amazon.com, for one), where I'll see images no matter what.

Off-site images make my browser slow.

I don't care eather way really. I can see how it helps me with some pics I want to put into my thread in fanart. I hate resizeing stuff alot, and to resize somthing only to find out its ONE pixel too big, gets on my nerves. But when people have pictures that are WAY to big, it's just downright annoying.

But it could be nice to post some kind of weird animation to go along with your reaction to post without wasting the space or whatever on this forum. But I can live with out it.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/VirusMan/ace24.gif

:)

IMAGE TAGS http://www.nanacide.com/images/Emoticons/argh.gif

I have to admit I haven't seen any abuse, but then I only mill about in the very occasional forum.

I have yet to see a forum that doesn't have img tags, so this is far from abuse.

If images bug you, disable them.

The novelty will wear off and it will take some load off the server too.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9410/gripekw4.gif

Where exactly are the abusive posts?
Any examples?
I haven't been around here, much.

This would probably count

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/247/mjacksonzc8.gifhttp://img222.imageshack.us/img222/247/mjacksonzc8.gifhttp://img222.imageshack.us/img222/247/mjacksonzc8.gifhttp://img222.imageshack.us/img222/247/mjacksonzc8.gifhttp://img222.imageshack.us/img222/247/mjacksonzc8.gif

Actually, that's just awesome.

The only thing I hate is when people quote a post with an img tag, they leave it there and makes the image appear twice...

This forum is hardly littered with pictures.
Your haven has not turned into an internet ghetto :p

Of course there will be allot of pictures when img tags are enabled, but I'm supriesed there arn't more.

Edit:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3643/vaderzh4.jpg
He must be scratching his chin. Vader has his real com radio in his helmet.

The only thing I hate is when people quote a post with an img tag, they leave it there and makes the image appear twice...Can't the IMG tag turn into a link in quotes, like the ATTACH tag?

The attach tag works differently - If you use the attach tag to attach an attachment which isn't in your post then it makes a link. If you have attached it to your post then the attachment shows, rather than the link. The attachment doesn't show in a quote because the attachment isn't in that post, it is in the post that was quoted. Could I be more confusing?

The attachment doesn't show in a quote because the attachment isn't in that post, it is in the post that was quoted.
Well, that's the same with images too.
You post an image, I quote your post.

The only thing I hate is when people quote a post with an img tag, they leave it there and makes the image appear twice...

^this.

I don't mind really, it's just when someone puts like 5 big pics in a post and then someone quotes them :P

I guess I'm lucky to have my own webspace where I can upload images and just link them if they're too big.

Ah well, I wasn't here when everyone pleaded for them so I guess I'd neglected to take that into account.

The novelty will wear off and it will take some load off the server too.The images are off-site. That's the whole point. The load won't be taken off the Team17 forum server. Your browser loads the files from the various image servers, since that's where they're located. The Team17 server sees no extra traffic.

Also, when you multiple instances of the same image on one page, there's no extra traffic either. What's wrong with quoting an imaged post if the image exists on the page previously? There's no extra load time. Do you really mind that much that you have to scroll farther? If so, I suggest you use the Scrollbar Anywhere Firefox extension. It's my favourite extension, which lets me just right-click and drag anywhere on the page and it acts as if the scrollbar is beneath my cursor. I don't have to grab the teenie scrollbar on the right all the time. Seriously, get it and scrolling won't be such a pain.

I use my mouse-wheel, middle-button and the cruise buttons on my mouse (Logitech MX700). It's the same thing without the extension.

I just find it a bit jarring, really. It's not about load times or even scrolling. It just makes things that bit harder to read. Furthermore, it's entirely unnecessary to leave images in quotes; it serves no real purpose from what I have seen.

I alwase take images out of quotes, people who are to lazy to do that irritate me. Speaking of annoyances, here's a feature this forum luckily does not have. Automaticly adding someone elses quote aswell as their text when you quote them.



Hello
HeyWhat's up?
Not much.

Although sometimes quotes don't really make sense without their own quotes, but it prevents the dreaded quoting pyramids.

Frankly the forum's been one foot in the grave ever since the release of W3D. It may indeed wear off, but [img] tags at present seems like another foot in the grave. :p

We're running out of feet.

I use my mouse-wheel, middle-button and the cruise buttons on my mouse (Logitech MX700). It's the same thing without the extension.It's really not. You should try it to see what I mean. I use the mouse wheel also, but the Scrollbar-Anywhere extension is far different, and even allows you to move the scrollbars around as if you are holding the horizontal and vertical scrollbars simultaneously, which is great for oversized images.

I don't know about you but if I click my mouse wheel in I get an image of a tracking ball on the screen where I clicked and the cursor turns into 4 arrows. I can then mouse my mouse to scroll wherever I like.

What I want to know is: why are so many people putting links to images in their sigs?

They are trying to put img tags in their signature. It gets interpretted as a url instead.

Because they think that they can put images in their sigs now?

Vader... you have BEATEN ME.

I wish they'd realise. I actually find sig links quite distracting as they stand out so much (tis why i shortened mine)

I wonder if it's possible to fade them a bit in the forum code.

If only we could use HTML in posts. Then we'd be able to use CSS to style them ;)

And we'd also be able to add awesome Javascript games and ActiveX controls and AJAX thingies that steal everyone's cookies! Whee! :D

Yay! I'm going to make a really big lime and magenta flashing box which covers the whole screen and plays Enya and deletes files from your PC.

Yay! I'm going to make a really big lime and magenta flashing box which covers the whole screen and plays Enya and deletes files from your PC.
Three quarters of the Forum population wouldn't know what the ****

I've read your post 10 times now, FutureWorm. I still don't understand/get it. :(

The Super Censoring Ninja Stars were so sharp they cut off the rest of the sentence.

I've read your post 10 times now, FutureWorm. I still don't understand/get it. :(

He probably meant that if you did that, three quarters of the forum population woulnd't know what the hell was going on.

He probably meant that if you did that, three quarters of the forum population woulnd't know what the hell was going on.

I think that's probably a given either way.

Signature images are distracting aye?

Would having this in my signature really make this forum hell?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/sig.png

I think most avatars are distracting though..

To be honest, I think so. If everyone had something different it would be chaotic.

Avatars aren't so bad as they're all in a column and actually make life quite easy. As most languages read left to right, it is natural to observe the avatar before reading the post, making it easier to know who's posted it.

Signature images break the posts up too much, in my opinion. They tend to make reading a thread a jarring and often offensive experience.

Signature images are distracting aye?

Would having this in my signature really make this forum hell?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/sig.png

I think most avatars are distracting though..

I would actually prefer that to a single URL link. Trouble is, if we allowed images in sigs they wouldn't all be as subtle as yours....

Well.

Nothing can stop you from pasting your "signature" manually, with images and all, at the bottom of your post every time you post.

Hmm. Maybe I should start doing just that. :P
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http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/631/431156453534wb9.png

hahahahahah

I think that might count as "abuse" ;)

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http://www.nanacide.com/images/SA_Run/CatHunt.jpg

Perhaps Sel could design a template for signature images. That way at least they'd be slightly uniform. That said, perhaps size and dimension restrictions would be enough. That said, perhaps they'd still distort the experience a little too much.

That said, maybe we should leave things as is and not risk giving them any ideas. :p

(like when people figured out how to put a fake status in their avatar)

I'd say the avatar area is a good spot for a signature image. Everyone uses that already and is content with it.

However, perhaps sig images could be limited to userbar size (350×19).

That said, I say that the IMG tag gets removed again.
And please no images in signatures! :eek:

hahahahahah

I think that might count as "abuse" ;)

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http://www.nanacide.com/images/SA_Run/CatHunt.jpg

Buahaha, that's just excellent.