I'd like to know if it's possible for the current forum software to be set according to each member's preference to show or not to show signatures in posts. Either that or can we please have a limit of three lines? That'd probably be best! Threads can end up being twice as long with some of the longer signatures a few heavier posting members have.

Excessively long sigs are the Devil's own handiwork. It's even worse when people post a one-liner response to a post, forget to switch their sig off, and end up with a one-line post followed by a 20-line signature

Maybe if the default signature state was set to "off" so that people had to consciously switch their sig on if they wanted it to appear after a post? After all, most short posts don't really need a sig after them, this way if someone posted a lengthy reply they could choose to have their signature on for that post only...

100% agree. But last time it was discussed there were peeps who thought otherwise.

I turn my sig off on a post by post basis but would definitely prefer to turn it <i>on</i> on a post by post basis!

Try being on an automotive forum.

RandyC
2000 SCCA ProSolo National Champion
1991 Toyota MR2
Wingless Shaved, Crimson Red
S/S Sills
HKS Intake
49 State car
Panasonic CD Changer
No A/C. No options
Sunroof model
Nology Wires
Nology Ground Straps
Suspension Techniques Customized swaybar
Suspension Techniques Frame brackets
Custom Swaybar Adjustable Endlinks
95 tailight conversion
Koni Adjustable Struts
Circle Racing lightweight rims
Garage full of Hoosier racing tires
ConeCam video acquisition, in car and bumper mount
Sony TVR Digital Camcorder
Wired for ethernet with CAT-5 cabling
Supertrapp Muffler
Twosrus removable trailer hitch
1945 Kit Teardrop tire trailer
Cheap helmet for a cheap head
Custom alignment
Negative Camber crash bolts
gum wrapper under the seat

Hey, you said it ...

Good God man, that's a looooooooong sig.

Just imagine a 25 post thread with 4-line long posts. 3/4 of it would be sigs.

So Randyc - what kind of gum do you chew?

I think that a limit on lines in the signature would be great.

If you're going to limit the amount of character in a name, you might as well limit the characters in a sig as well. Long, multiline sigs are annoying, especially when someone posts a one line reply.

So it looks like there's some great support for this, what do you think Geoff?