Japhrodisiac Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 To all those who think it's really cool to customise the hell out of your Tf profile page, please do something else with your time, it's getting annoying. I just clicked on a member's page, she voted for me so i thought i would pay a visit and return the kindness....3 minutes later of waiting on streaming audio and video and multiple pictures loading...I hit the eject button with the fury of a Guy Lafleur wristshot (hehe, canadian inside joke). I really won't think you are any more spectacular with paisley pink 60's wallpaper and a Beyonce video running in the background. Keep the copy and paste of romantic BS poems, the Flash waterfalls and all the other electronic hot rodding to a minimum please, it makes me want to vomit. Yours in shades of bile - Japhrodisiac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMG_UK Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hear hear. Too many profiles are just causing my old steam-powered Mac to crash my browser. If I want pop videos and I go www.popvideostuff.com. Too many heavyweight profiles here now. It ain't clever and half the time you can't read them. Less is more. KISS - Keep it simple, stupid!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 To all those who think it's really cool to customise the hell out of your Tf profile page, please do something else with your time, it's getting annoying. I just clicked on a member's page, she voted for me so i thought i would pay a visit and return the kindness....3 minutes later of waiting on streaming audio and video and multiple pictures loading...I hit the eject button with the fury of a Guy Lafleur wristshot (hehe, canadian inside joke). I really won't think you are any more spectacular with paisley pink 60's wallpaper and a Beyonce video running in the background. Keep the copy and paste of romantic BS poems, the Flash waterfalls and all the other electronic hot rodding to a minimum please, it makes me want to vomit. Yours in shades of bile - Japhrodisiac having a good day Japh !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undercover Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hear hear.Too many profiles are just causing my old steam-powered Mac to crash my browser. If I want pop videos and I go www.popvideostuff.com. Too many heavyweight profiles here now. It ain't clever and half the time you can't read them. Less is more. KISS - Keep it simple, stupid!! Right on! I don't get these profiles where you can't read the text -AT ALL! I mean, what's the point? It's like bad advertising. Keep the message simple, attractive and comprehensible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ling_dtua_khaao Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Come on Japh, not another thread about anal sex. Keep it and your gutter-dwelling mind in the Sex forum at the very least will you? --Ling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khun_lung Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 While my profile is slightly jazzed up, I've avoided the annoying streaming video and music clips that slow things down and yes, these profiles are damned annoying and often illegible! Get the message people! Add some color and uniqueness to your profile, okay! But if you want to act like a peacock doing an audio/video mating dance, get a life! And yeah, it often crashes my browser too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ling_dtua_khaao Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 OK you dinosaurs. Did it ever occur to you that maybe the people who design these bandwidth-intensive profiles just aren't interested in the technologically weak? Like a girl who only chases guys with fast cars/lots of power/money, or a guy who only chases fast girls, maybe these people are setting a cut line. If you get pissed off waiting for the profile to load, you don't make the cut. You haven't got what it takes under the hood to impress them or be part of their circle of friends and potential dates. You're not technologically hot enough for them. Your bandwidth is too small baby. Physically I'm not beefcake. I'm not "buff". If I want to chase a girl who really wants that in a guy, well, I better get "buff" by working out more. These profiles are sending you the same message. --Ling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttesta Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 OK you dinosaurs. Did it ever occur to you that maybe the people who design these bandwidth-intensive profiles just aren't interested in the technologically weak?Like a girl who only chases guys with fast cars/lots of power/money, or a guy who only chases fast girls, maybe these people are setting a cut line. If you get pissed off waiting for the profile to load, you don't make the cut. You haven't got what it takes under the hood to impress them or be part of their circle of friends and potential dates. You're not technologically hot enough for them. Your bandwidth is too small baby.--Ling Another natural selection principle that pushes me into oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khun_lung Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 OK you dinosaurs. Did it ever occur to you that maybe the people who design these bandwidth-intensive profiles just aren't interested in the technologically weak?Like a girl who only chases guys with fast cars/lots of power/money, or a guy who only chases fast girls, maybe these people are setting a cut line. If you get pissed off waiting for the profile to load, you don't make the cut. You haven't got what it takes under the hood to impress them or be part of their circle of friends and potential dates. You're not technologically hot enough for them. Your bandwidth is too small baby. Physically I'm not beefcake. I'm not "buff". If I want to chase a girl who really wants that in a guy, well, I better get "buff" by working out more. These profiles are sending you the same message. --Ling I think you just defined what variety of peacock you are. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khun_lung Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 yup yup.... those MV and loads of stuffs on pages often crashes my browser too.... 8) but if I like it i would keep it there n dont giv a f*k wot others think ~ why dont ya vote whores just click on "Stop" button as soon as the page pop up ? so that nothing will be loaded on da page .. only yr beloved BUTTON there on TFer profiles Because I do tabbed browsing and I don't have time to go and click stop on every profile! As to yours, I've learned to load it separately so that you don't crash me! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikee_Moose Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 I agree with Japh. My notebook doesnt bog down and crash but the profiles with backgrounds and text that make it difficult to read, kinda defeat the purpose. Right? If you cant read the profile, why have one? The music and vids are also annoying mainly because I have music playing in the background while surfing and the vids/music from the profile interfere with what I am listening to. So I end up clicking the stop button on the vid. Annoying. Oh and the 4 page song lyrics and poems? Guess what? no guy reads them. So why bother. Japh....love the Guy Lafleur quip. He was my favourite player when I was a kid. Go Habs ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 OK you dinosaurs. Did it ever occur to you that maybe the people who design these bandwidth-intensive profiles just aren't interested in the technologically weak? that's fine but did it ever occur to the designers of these pages to actually look at their work when they finish? i havent seen one that, from a design point of view, doesn't suck more than just a plain page would. also, legibility isn't the most complicated concept in the world---if you put a photo behind something, and as a result you can't see the text, it isnt legible. from a design point of view, either get rid of the text entirely--it's just clutter--or tweak contrast/color on the image so that the text can be read on top of it. if an alien species came to TF to recruit graphic designers, i doubt they would choose anyone with a customized profile. PS TO THE CUSTOM PROFILE PEOPLE thanks for making me turn my sound off. yeah, your musical 'taste' is immaculate but it just so happens that my life doesn't center around your profile and i might actually be more interested in the music i was already listening to when i had the misfortune of clicking on your profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsnow Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Hi, I tought that because some of you mentioned having their browsers crashing after visiting some of these "pimped" up profiles...Is it something like happening to me: "Windows Media Player Dynamic Link Library, "plugin did some illegal activity. CLosing FIrefox recomended"". Sorry, had to translate from my Finnish user interface. And after a while, Firefox crashes. This happens when going to a profile with a video clip. System: Firefox 1.5.0.2 and Windows XP. Anyone had this problem solved? Appreciating your tips! (Ok, next thing: I google for this too...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayon Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Do you see any of those profile owner writing here???? I think that pimping your profile is a good ideal but just not too much. Sometimes it's better to listen than reading??? Do not remove the sence of creativity out of the people. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Do not remove the sence of creativity out of the people. judging from the results in pimping out profiles, , the gulf between the sense of creativity and actual creativity, on average, is at least as wide as the persian gulf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhrodisiac Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Come on Japh, not another thread about anal sex. Keep it and your gutter-dwelling mind in the Sex forum at the very least will you?--Ling I actually refer to that one as the serial port, it's no good as a button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhrodisiac Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 I agree with Japh. My notebook doesnt bog down and crash but the profiles with backgrounds and text that make it difficult to read, kinda defeat the purpose. Right? If you cant read the profile, why have one?The music and vids are also annoying mainly because I have music playing in the background while surfing and the vids/music from the profile interfere with what I am listening to. So I end up clicking the stop button on the vid. Annoying. Oh and the 4 page song lyrics and poems? Guess what? no guy reads them. So why bother. Japh....love the Guy Lafleur quip. He was my favourite player when I was a kid. Go Habs ! Yeh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhrodisiac Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Zeus hits the nail on the head for me here, it is only partly the slow loading that is the issue. I will wait for greatness. But to wait a minute or two for something that looks like all the elements were put into a cuisinart is such a waste of time. From a design point of view, I have not as of yet seen one page that improves on the basic design. If I were to open someone's profile page, and it looked like it was well done in terms of proportion, colour, well done graphical elements etc then I would be impressed and feel like the time put in was well spent. It mostly seems to be people using copy and paste scripts that tend to add up in a confusing illegible muddle, with booty shaking music and video in the background to serve as an exclamation point to all the horror I'm witnessing. Note to guy with steam powered Mac - Where can I get one of those??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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