*chuckles lightly* Given the home page's footprint of 100 KB, I know what you mean. I did use VR over dial-up a couple months ago. That's the first time I ever turned off signatures because they made it a lag-fest.
It also might be useful for those also accessing the site on strict net up/down feeds and those with Macs--- I mean, those with unfortunately slow, unstable, and defective home computers.