just a test, ignore this
 

just testing to see if my new signature is too long :)

7 lines

and keep in mind.. the space between lines counts as a line

yeah, 7 lines.

If you've got your Favorites, Search or History, or any side menu like that open, then yeah, it'll be seven lines. If you're window is maximized and you have no side menu open, it's 5.

It all depends on the width of the screen/resolution. On mine, maxed out it is a little over 1 line. :)

Only 5 lines on my screen.

http://www.ameritech.net/users/dvdtalk/rome.gif

So how long is my signature to you guys? On my screen, it's only 4 lines.

http://www.ameritech.net/users/dvdtalk/rome.gif

4

7 (no side menu open)

its 8 on mine (I use the bigger font, not the biggest, but the bigger font
zeus, yours is 5 on mine, but since I have cable, I don't mind

By the way... if you want to test your sig length, here's a better test: make a real life post in some thread somewhere about something. Then change your signature. Then go back and find the real-life post that you did before. Voila! The signature from your earlier post will magically be changed to your new sig!

Also -- you can use VBScript code in your sig line just like you can in messages. Which mean that you can put [size] tags on either side of your signature set to 1 and get almost anything to fit. ;)

So OK then--is it too long? Should I shorten it? The speech is from the comic Preacher by Garth Ennis, by the way.

Six lines on my setup. Lose the DAVE and the spaces, and you should be fine.

thanks groucho. I mean Mr. Marx sir

Also, your display properties and/or monitor size will have an effect. scott27 must either have a really really tiny monitor, or he's got desktop icons the size of baseballs. ;)

Now that we've figured out how to get Thoseidiots's signature down to size, I wanted to ask...

Does anybody really bother to read a 5 line, one quote signature?

I don't even read 5 line posts.

not a chance
unless its a quote from someone here at dvdtalk..
but no-one here has the intellect to put together 5 lines of sensible text

Im assuming that those people that showed it as more than 5 lines.. either are using a blindman's resolution.. or have their text properties increased

Nope. Never.

One perk of this site is the limit. I've been to too many forums where you see a post like "I agree" followed by an incomprehensible 50 line signature including 100kb GIFs.

actually.. now that Ive paid attention

not only do I not read those really long sigs.. but I actually ignore the entire posts that those people make..
I generally skip past really long messages.. so even if its a short msg.. I see that sig and its natural instinct to skip that post all together

Its like half the entire comic! :lol:

five lines on me.

For that reason, I try to dumb mine down for you, steve... ;)