Did there came a time that you saw your self having the need to travel through 5 miles of footer images and graphics before reaching the area where the site buttons are (Upvote, Resteem, Share, etc) and the comments part? I have, and that will be my own post, lol.

Usually those footers are graphics that Steemians add at the end of their posts to recognize or showcase the affiliation that they have in a certain community or group.

It can also be personal information about them like their linksto their websites or social media accounts, or it could also be badges that they've collected along the way by journeying through Steemit.

Sometimes though it can be a clutter because we don't really have any assigned standard format for having footers. Unlike the standards we have on our Profile Photos and Cover Images who stick to the sizes assigned by the website codes of Steemit.

There are indeed lots of pros for having the freedom to play with your footer but I must admit that there are cons as well that needs to be addressed.

So, why not compromise? Give them limits but give them options as well.

Here's the plan:

Let's provide an area for the footer, i think the best ratio can either be 16:9 or 4:3, and must be in landscape only. Having things in portrait will consume lots of real estate space on the screen and will took long to get pass to.

Then we add pages to it, like the sample I made up above.

Let's add dots for the "page's" navigation, it will be best to keep them minimal.

Give the users customization for the dot's color or even appearance.

We can also add arrows to both corners of the footer area - left and right arrow - for navigating among the "multi-footer".

Let's start calling it Multi-footer!

We may also give them customization for the arrows like how you did with the dots.

Make sure to restrict their customization options for the arrows based on their chosen settings on the dot, and vice versa - so that they won't destroy themselves by using christmas-themed dots with bones shaped like arrows, or other nasty combination of the two.

Add filters over the footers used. There are lots of websites and apps that offer filters, I bet there's something we can do to incorporate one into this. it would look nice if all those footers will be of the same theme and color. Filters would help in making them look almost the same.

Make sure to leave an option for opting out of the "multi-footer" feature. That's what freedom is about. Anyway if there are tons of people using it and most think it's cool and innovative then majority will follow and do the same thing. Let the trend take over.

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