file size extension for gif?

[Galiant]

I have a gif thats 200+ kb and I was really hoping that you guys can squeez in a little bit more than just a 40.0 kb size limit? like maybe.. 300Kb for avatar and Siggy?

[Modred]

A 200 kb image is 500% increase in the allowable size. Consider that your images are not the only ones that will be downloaded when someone opens a thread. If everyone could load a 300 kb image, then a single thread with 10 post per page, and ten different users, could present over 2 Mb of sigs/avys to download.

Even on most cable and DSL connections, you'll notice a hit like that.

[AJ]

A 200 kb image is 500% increase in the allowable size. Consider that your images are not the only ones that will be downloaded when someone opens a thread. If everyone could load a 300 kb image, then a single thread with 10 post per page, and ten different users, could present over 2 Mb of sigs/avys to download.

Even on most cable and DSL connections, you'll notice a hit like that.

ding.

[Black.Ice's note: Under the new classification system of spam, the original post by AJ is considered spam. However, seeing that he is an admin and somehow above the rules, we shall make space in our large hearts to forgive him for his transgressions.

Much <3 AJ.]

[DoctorZettabyte]

AJ, again in a class of his own.

Still though, isn't it possible to increase the file size by even 10 K? That doesn't seem to be such a huge size increase, does it?

-DocTera

[Neo]

No.

There are ways to compress, or save the image in a different format (for instance my sig as a jpg was about 90kb or so, as a png it's like 28kb)

animated stuff is also kind of annoying sometimes.

-Neo

[AJ]

for now, i feel the gif size limit in signatures is more than appropriate.
you guys need a limit somewhere, so it is where it is.

and BI: </3.