primitive has the GOBUCKS complaint (one of two of them)

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12566856

Oh my.

By the way, I think my good friend GOBUCKS' complaints are perfectly valid, both of them, but we can't control members like my dictatorial fellow alum Skins can, and so one has to put up with it.

JimDandy (1,991 posts)    Sat Apr 13, 2013, 08:46 PM

Any way to make all poster's signatures and avatars not load?

I want to see only the text/photos/videos in the posts - the rest is distracting and seems to make load time increase.

Make7 (6,382 posts)    Sat Apr 13, 2013, 11:16 PM

1. You can hide them with a user style sheet...

... but even though you won't see them, the text and images will still load.

I'm not hiding avatars, but I am hiding signatures - here are the CSS rules I'm using plus an additional one to hide avatars:
 
.post-sig
{
    display: none !important;   
}
.post-sig+div
{
    display: none !important;   
}
.post-sig+center
{
    display: none !important;   
}

p.post-avatar
{
    display:none !important;   
}
 
There may be a couple user signatures where the poster is using html/css that is broken which will cause that signature to be visible, but other than those rare exceptions it should hide everything.
 
How you get these style sheet rules to take effect depends on your browser and OS - some can be done without add-ons/extensions/plug-ins (i.e. Opera, FireFox), some are easy by using the Stylish extension (i.e. FireFox, Chrome), and others are more difficult - which would probably make me add some more specific selectors in those rules to make sure they work properly.
 
I suggest googling "user style sheet" + your browser and OS. If you can't find anything useful in the results, you can ask me how to do it for what you are using - although I don't have access to every browser/OS combination, so I may not be very helpful.

Now, here on conservativecave, one can hide signature lines and avatars, and it's a great deal easier.

We don't make things difficult, like control freaks do.

(1) go to one's profile, and click on "Look and Layout Preferences" on the left side of the screen
(2) click on the appropriate box, or both boxes, about not showing signatures or avatars
(3) click "change profile" at the bottom.

Done.

JimDandy (1,991 posts)    Sat Apr 13, 2013, 11:33 PM

2. Thanks so much. Will give it a try.

Anything to make the environment less busy really helps with ADD people like me.

Oh geezuz ^^^.

Make7 (6,382 posts)    Sun Apr 14, 2013, 01:01 AM

3. I'm also hiding the the post counts, and the icons by them.

(NOTE: see my edit to the previous post - apparently stacking the signature css selectors didn't work so I made them all separate rules.)
 
Well, I'm actually making the post counts the same color as the background, so you can see them if you select the text to highlight it. I also changed the 'edited text' link to light gray and moved it to the right side of the post. Here they are if you want to try them.
 
span.show-post-count
{
    top: 0px !important;   
    padding-left: 0.5em !important;   
    color: #e6e6e6 !important;   
}
a.author2
{
    top: 0px !important;   
}
p.post-author2
{
    padding-bottom: 4px !important;   
}
h3.post-title
{
    padding-top: 1px !important;   
}
img.star-icon
{
    top: 0px !important;   
}
a.post-button-profile,
a.post-button-journal,
a.post-button-mail,
a.post-button-ignore
{
    display: none !important;   
}

p.post-edited
{
    color: #ffffff !important;   
    text-align: right !important;   
}
p.post-edited a
{
    color: #999999 !important;   
    text-decoration: none !important;   
}
 
Some of that was to fix spacing issues when I hid the author icons, it might need to be modified slightly for browsers other than FireFox though.

[DumbAss Tanker]

As may be, of course GOBUCKS is lacking only a shotgun, a lawn, and an attitudinally-challenged neighborhood kid to end up on page 1 of the local fishwrapper.

 

[Chris_]

Another DUmmy with mental problems.  Surprise.

[I_B_Perky]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12566856

Oh my.

By the way, I think my good friend GOBUCKS' complaints are perfectly valid, both of them, but we can't control members like my dictatorial fellow alum Skins can, and so one has to put up with it.

I guess I missing something here Frank. What was GB's complaints?

[franksolich]

I guess I missing something here Frank. What was GB's complaint?

Signature lines people use here; the part of the "comment" that shows up underneath the comment itself.

Some people have really big ones, and they distract from the comment.

In addition to that, it causes a page to "load" more slowly.

Mine is just a couple of little lines, but some are enormous, and have really big images.

GOBUCKS some time ago wanted to know how to get rid of them, and has since been very happy.

If one needs to compare "signature lines" and "no signature lines," follow the instructions in the original post.  You'll probably be amazed at how much "cleaner" the page looks.

It's a matter of taste.

[franksolich]

As may be, of course GOBUCKS is lacking only a shotgun, a lawn, and an attitudinally-challenged neighborhood kid to end up on page 1 of the local fishwrapper.

 

Oh now, I'm familiar with that type of person, because I've been the neighborhood kid.

GOBUCKS is a gentleman of sterling quality, and I'm personally grateful to him for showing me how to improve my posting skills.

[GOBUCKS]

As may be, of course GOBUCKS is lacking only a shotgun, a lawn, and an attitudinally-challenged neighborhood kid to end up on page 1 of the local fishwrapper.

I beg your pardon.

It has been emphatically, repeatedly confirmed that I am among the two or three nicest people one could ever hope to meet, provided one is not a DUmbass.

[I_B_Perky]

Signature lines people use here; the part of the "comment" that shows up underneath the comment itself.

Some people have really big ones, and they distract from the comment.

In addition to that, it causes a page to "load" more slowly.

Mine is just a couple of little lines, but some are enormous, and have really big images.

GOBUCKS some time ago wanted to know how to get rid of them, and has since been very happy.

If one needs to compare "signature lines" and "no signature lines," follow the instructions in the original post.  You'll probably be amazed at how much "cleaner" the page looks.

It's a matter of taste.

Thanks Frank. I usually just skip on by stuff like that. Never really thought about it... but if you got a slow connection I can see where it would be a legitimate beef.   

[I_B_Perky]

I beg your pardon.

It has been emphatically, repeatedly confirmed that I am among the two or three nicest people one could ever hope to meet, provided one is not a DUmbass.

And might I say Sir, that you have a unique ability to expose said DUmbass'es in a most brutal way!   

[BattleHymn]

And here I thought this was going to be about a primitive complaining about the dates not being present on comments brought to the DUmpster. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

I beg your pardon.

It has been emphatically, repeatedly confirmed that I am among the two or three nicest people one could ever hope to meet, provided one is not a DUmbass.

 

Just pulling your leg, you know.