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MethodPhoto
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April 6, 2009
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Allow signatures

  • April 6, 2009
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but make them contain camera and computer platform details - useful for troubleshooting

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    Anonymous
    April 7, 2009

    Definitely allow signatures. Signatures are a very useful way to submit personal standard information necessary when posting about problems here. To me the "bubble" design wastes more space than the signatures would. Everybody is free to add a signature or not. I don't know any other forum, which did not allow signatures.

    Regards

    Thomas

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    April 7, 2009

    tgutgu wrote:

    …. Everybody is free to add a signature or not.

    Unfortunately, there's no way for other users to block them. 

    tgutgu wrote:

    … I don't know any other forum, which did not allow signatures.

    Signatures were always discouraged, criticized and ridiculed in all the Adobe forums that ran on WebX until this recent debacle.

    Just because you don't know any such forums is no argument to allow them here now.

    Zeno Bokor
    Zeno Bokor
    Inspiring
    April 7, 2009

    well, we have polls so we can check to see what most users really want. Statistics ftw

    David Ayars
    David Ayars
    Participating Frequently
    April 6, 2009

    I came here to vote a limited yes, but after reflecting upon previous posts, I now agree: no.

    It can be useful to know what OS is being used, what version of the software, etc.  But the tendency with signatures on other help forums is to use them to draw attention to one's self: to make a political statement, to brag about equipment owned, to be cute.  People coming on board to ask for help are rarely going to have a signature that would give the relevant information which can easily be provided in the body of the post.  Most posts are generated by forum regulars and there's no need to have signature information in each and every one of their posts.  And signatures do clutter up and slow the forums and can spawn resentment which can lead to flamewars, so, no.

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    April 6, 2009

    As I said in your other thread, you have every right to vote for allowing signatures as I have to vote AGAINST them.

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    MethodPhotoAuthor
    Known Participant
    April 6, 2009

    purely for computer specs and camera platform, not for long winded "i am the greatest person in the world and aren't I witty" sigs.

    It has proved useful for troubleshooting on places like Lightroom Forums, where there is also a civil tone

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    April 6, 2009

    MethodPhoto wrote:

    purely for computer specs and camera platform, not for long winded "i am the greatest person in the world and aren't I witty" sigs.

    The scope of forum users goes well beyond photographers.  Also, some of us have enough cameras to fill two forum pages worth if we listed them.  It's absurd.

    If necessary, you can always ask, as in:

    <a target=new href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?50@@.2cd06cd9"><b><u><font color=blue>CLICK HERE</font></u></b></a> for advice on how to ask your question correctly for quicker answers. Thanks!

    EDIT:  The link is broken because it led to a post by a forum host in the old forums.  We'll have to dig it out somehow.

    The bottom line is that signatures waste space, are obnoxious and unnecessary.

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    April 6, 2009

    Here we go again!

    This has been discussed ad nauseam.

    Please do not allow signatures.  Ban those who use them.  

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