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Old 09-28-2003, 05:54 PM   #1
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One of the thing I rely on as I read through SC is the different colored icons which tell me which postings I have already read, and which ones have new messages I have not read.

When you post a one line message (or a one word message!) with a "cool" "way to go" or a 'that's great" or something which does not actually contribute to the ongoing dialog, you waste everyone's time, and I would like to request that people refrain from these types of postings.

In addtion, there are a few folks who have taken to including photographs in their signatures. I enjoy many of the photos that get posted on SC, but seeing the same photos over and over and OVER again, because they're in a default signature is a waste of bandwith, site resources, and my time, especially for people on a dialup connection (either at home, or checking on while on the road). Can people please refrain from including these in their signatures?


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Old 09-28-2003, 06:00 PM   #2
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This is more of 'site feedback' so I'm moving it to the appropriate forum.

Thanks for the feedback. I'd like to invite other SC members to weigh on.. reply to this thread.. as well!

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Old 09-28-2003, 06:15 PM   #3
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About the one line messages.. or one word replies.. I'm hesitant to ask folks to write more/less than they already do. Sometimes the one liners are words of encouragement, and that's helpful to others in the community. For example, if someone does something cool with their Segway (a nice interview.. some neat new accessory they came up with) and someone wants to say "Way to go!" or "Nice job!" - I think that's fine. I'm sure there are some who disagree, but we've been around for more than a year now and I've never heard that criticism about that type of posting.

About the photographs, I recently added some "code" to the forum which automatically resizes the images down to 200 pixels wide (height auto adjust accordingly.) To view the full size image, you just need to click on the photo.

I'm conscious of the fact that many members have slower dialup connections. I try to optimize the site so the load time is minimal. Since the photos do add to the load time, you might try browsing with images turned off. You have the ability to do this through your Internet Settings in your browser. This will dramatically improve the load time of web pages in general. I know that's not a long term solution..

What I've thought about doing is giving members the option of "turning images off" in their profiles when they visit SegwayChat only. This way, only little placeholders will load in place of images. If you want, you can click the placeholders and see the intended image. As I have more time, I'll begin to develop that solution.

Basically I feel that more people are moving towards broadband/high speed connections. Like PC technology moves forward as software demands increase (new features - more graphic intensive - people buy new PCs.. they upgrade), I believe the Internet should move forward and *require* faster connections. That's not to say one shouldn't work to optimize their existing software/applications (as I constantly do with SegwayChat) but there is a point where I'd like to move forward and see more media.. more graphics.. a more robust, informative, entertaining and multimedia rich online experience.

As an aside, if someone uses the "same photo" in their sig, you aren't necessarily downloading it every time you read a thread where that sigs pops up again. Browsers these days are smart and can cache frequently used/accessed images and stuff. In that way, no more bandwidth is being used once you download that photo for the first time. If you browser isn't doing that, perhaps I can help you figure out how to enable that setting.

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Old 09-28-2003, 06:59 PM   #4
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I dunno, John, I find the "way to go" and "that was great" responses to be sorta nice. We're a community, almost a family in some respects, (which was really evident at SegFest), and these small posts support each other in that "family" fashion. I had noticed the most of the photos were smaller. <G> BEing able to turn off photos in the browser is an excellent idea, IMHO, if people have slow connections - they would be better off doing it all the time, AAMOF.
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Old 09-28-2003, 10:33 PM   #5
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I agree Pam.

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