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    Default Is my avatar to "busy"?

    I was just wondering what moderation (and others) prefered about animated .giffs for avatars.

    Is it too much a nuissence? Does it cause too much irritation for dialup users?

    I think mine is the first instance of a giff avatar on the new forum as most don't even utilize one. I just thought I'd ask.
    Last edited by JfW; 04-15-2005 at 07:52 PM.

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    I think it is fine. I don't think that there is any performance hit associated with animated GIFs. So enjoy, life is good.
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    I got a fever that only more cowbell will cure. I need more cowbell

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    Who am I to say?
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    I think avatars should be more dignified, with tongue planted firmly in cheek.

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    I like the animated avatars...the more, the merrier!!!
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    Oh great, now every member with an animated avatar is going to post here...

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    This was actually a subject that garnered 100+ posts at another Forum I'm a member of.

    My Avatar there was provided to me by a Mod. It's animated. It's animated very fast on Macintosh computers. It's gets moderately annoying, in that case .

    I prefer non-animated Avatars or animated Avatars with very slow (or occasional) motion because I tend to agree with the comment that they are a bit distracting.

    However, I haven't heard any complaints from anyone on this Forum -- and if they do, they can either block everyone's Avatars completely using the User CP (under Show Avatars) or, because we don't have on-site Avatar storage, use Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox or Opera and right-click the Avatar you don't like and choose "block images from this server" .
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    Quote Originally Posted by DirkW
    I think avatars should be more dignified, with tongue planted firmly in cheek.
    Where do I get an avatar like that. I've never seen one like it.
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    I just found a picture that I liked and ran it through an Avatar sizer like this one: http://www.tucows.com/preview/357312.html

    Google image search is a great source of images.
    Last edited by DirkW; 04-16-2005 at 07:54 PM.

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    The only thing annoying is that guy beating the living daylights out of that poor cowbell.
    A lot of good arguments are ruined by some fool who knows what he's talking about.

    Dude, Support this Forum.

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    Needs audio too

    Thanks for the link to the Avitar Sizer. I didnt know there was one. I had limited choices without it. I may edit mine...then again maybe mine fits.

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