Hi guys, been a while.
Straight to the point, I'd like to suggest that the standard signature size be modified. 500 x 100 pixels is completely reasonable, and my issue isn't with that. Instead, I'd like to point out PXR's relatively low maximum upload size. The maximum size of 9.8 KB is pretty low, and I've been finding it increasingly difficult to create a suitable signature that satisfies this requirement.
This is my intended signature. It's not especially complex, fits the size guideline, and is even pretty small of a file (20 KB at maximum quality). However, I'm not able to make this my signature because it breaks a guideline that I honestly can't see being useful any time soon. If I was requesting something ludicrous, such as a giant gif going into my signature, then my argument wouldn't even be worth the air I'm breathing (or the keys I'm typing...), but this is just a plain image. I've tried my best at lowering the quality, but I can't get something that matches the pixel requirements yet doesn't exceed (and nearly double) the maximum data limit.
To give some comparison: BMG has a signature limit of 600 x 160 pixels and a data limit of 500.0 KBs. While the increase in pixels is relatively negligible, the data increase is substantial. Even then, 500 KBs is pretty big, maybe bigger than most people need. If PXR was unable to bump the data limit up to that high, perhaps there is a comfortable medium in between.
I'm not asking for PXR to raise the limit to something insanely high - we all know that 500 KBs is a luxury, but 9.8 KBs is a little hard to get by on. Raising the limit would, in my opinion, allow a greater liberty of signatures that is still reasonable within the forum's restraints.
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