Have a tag [Heavy] next to heavy topics

proners

Hello

Recently there has been a trend of "heavy" posts on the forums. And they are slowing down my internet to a halt
what i usually do is to open all new topics in new tabs in its own panorama in firefox then read them later as i have the time.

But a fair number of posts lately has been popping up with a lot of images in them that are making my internet(@ work) slow down to a crawl

So please tag such topics with [Heavy] so people would know and let us hear more opinions how to deal with this issue :p

Bassem

Actually, I'm hoping Samer will add a script to the forum that automatically resizes large images (perhaps with links to the full size pics), if such a thing is available.

Ideally, people should resize their images before they post them, but we can't rely on that.

samer

I'm usually editing posts with large images and replacing them with a link to the image instead. Act responsibly and don't flood other members with images.

Actually, I'm hoping Samer will add a script to the forum that automatically resizes large images (perhaps with links to the full size pics), if such a thing is available.

Since the post body is fixed width the image is scaled down automatically. This doesn't solve the image size problem, though.

Proners, no need for a cumbersome tag, just disable images in your profile by unchecking "Show images in posts". I hope this solves your issue. PM me otherwise.