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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMay I say or ask something
about the animated siglines. Siglines are a good way for us to know where each of us stands but when so many are animated gif's it makes for a slow day at the old DU corral for those of us who are on slow internet connections. I'm paying 70 bucks for DSL which is the fastest they offer here so its not like some of us are on dial up. Back when we didn't have a DSL option and all we had was dialup I kept all animations turned off other wise DU was all but unreadable to me.
All I'm asking is to keep us in mind when you put animated gif's in your sigline. It takes a while for them to load.
Ok if someone has a solution to speed things up for people like me I'm all Ear.
Anyways lets all have a good day.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Facility Inspector
(615 posts)might help you with this.
It's really hard to control the internets.
madokie
(51,076 posts)not sure I want to go down a script blocker road though. Seems I remember trying that once and it really made the internet suck and not just on DU but everywhere else.
If you would point me to a script blocker that might be what I'm looking for and I'll always be indebted to you
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)and turned them off a week or so back but last night I turned them back on because like I said Siglines are a window into the soul if you will.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)Did you feel a slight tug on your leg?
madokie
(51,076 posts)Yes I did, sorry
Maybe I should take this down as I'm just a hypocrite now
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)I am twisted.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Have a great day, you just made mine
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)May your day be filled with joy and may our (all of us) joy blow all the hate and fear away from our country.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)I'll bet there are still some DUers on dial up. We are on sattelite whitch is fast enough but animations and videos eat up ones data allowance.
One of the lessons I tried to teach our sons is, "Everything you do affects others. So think before you act."
madokie
(51,076 posts)I get a solid 3 most times. Never seen a 7 yet.
It does get a little better when I'm on here at 2 am though
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)To pay for 7 and get 3, I pay for one and get .7 if I am lucky.
Ptah
(33,032 posts)I see some sigline images of 10 or 20 meg lately so I have them turned off.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)But good luck with your request.
Unfortunately, the parties on both sides are too busy swatting (pun intended) at each other to care much about anyone else.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)when I turn them off there is a noticeable difference in times it takes for a page to load, sometimes. Sometimes not but I've noticed those times are when there isn't any animated gifs loading.
Maybe I just need to get the roto-rooter out here to clean my lines out :- After all Sen. Stevens of Alaska said the internet was a series of tubes, didn't he?
snooper2
(30,151 posts)I've got a Lucent Stinger DSLAM sitting under my cube with 5 48port ADSL cards and 2 32port SDSL cards-
Sell it to you for $50, just took a pic LOL
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)adapting their web presence for others, I doubt many of the caring liberals here would sacrifice how they present themselves online for those with substandard internet connections.
But, at the same time, they would probably reply they aren't paying $70 a month to have a reduced online experience.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)It even stopped wavy smiley
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027374358#post5