Avatars

TheMercenary · 03-31-2007, 11:20 PM

Why does this forum not use them? is it a bandwidth issue?

elSicomoro · 03-31-2007, 11:26 PM

I like them, but UT (and others) have argued that they make a board look like shit.

Undertoad · 04-01-2007, 07:20 AM

It's one of a small handful of "executive decisions" by me and I stand by it. Here, you are recognized for your words alone.

Elspode · 04-01-2007, 11:52 AM

Well, your words and the odd nipple pic.

DanaC · 04-01-2007, 12:54 PM

*nods* Yep.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-01-2007, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

It's one of a small handful of "executive decisions" by me and I stand by it. Here, you are recognized for your words alone.

Hear, hear, no sleazy stuff.

Aliantha · 04-01-2007, 08:20 PM

Bruce, why are you using Kagen's signature?

Beestie · 04-01-2007, 08:35 PM

Avatars. Not.

DucksNuts · 04-01-2007, 08:57 PM

We dont need no stinking avatars!!

I dislike them too

Undertoad · 04-01-2007, 09:10 PM

To go a step further with this, on other forums I follow, the avatar one-upsmanship is getting crazy - everyone wants theirs to stick out, so now there are more and more animations - it just gets worse.

Animations are the very worst thing you can have on a page you're trying to read. You're trying to figure out what's being said, and all the while there's a big area, an inch away from the words, moving and changing colors and trying to get your attention.

monster · 04-01-2007, 09:16 PM

Couldn't agree more. Totally agree with both avatar and smilie policies. (Don't mind avatars, but it's too much work to draw the line between discrete signatures and garish infomercials -if it were my job where I mod, I'd go for the no avatar option too

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Aliantha · 04-01-2007, 09:20 PM

Plus pages with avatars take a long time for dial up users to load.

monster · 04-01-2007, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

dial up users

say what? My grandma was a dial-up user in the war. rationed minutes, constant fear of calls dropping. scary times. Do you still have outside dunnies? :p

Aliantha · 04-01-2007, 10:38 PM

Only in the very colonial parts of the country monster.

TheMercenary · 04-02-2007, 07:39 AM

Ok, thanks for the replys.

03-31-2007, 11:20 PM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Avatars Why does this forum not use them? is it a bandwidth issue? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

04-01-2007, 11:52 AM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Well, your words and the odd nipple pic. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-01-2007, 08:20 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Bruce, why are you using Kagen's signature? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-01-2007, 08:35 PM	#8
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Avatars. Not. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

04-01-2007, 09:16 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Couldn't agree more. Totally agree with both avatar and smilie policies. (Don't mind avatars, but it's too much work to draw the line between discrete signatures and garish infomercials -if it were my job where I mod, I'd go for the no avatar option too ) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2007, 11:26 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I like them, but UT (and others) have argued that they make a board look like shit.

04-01-2007, 07:20 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's one of a small handful of "executive decisions" by me and I stand by it. Here, you are recognized for your words alone.

04-01-2007, 12:54 PM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	nods Yep.

04-01-2007, 08:57 PM	#9
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	We dont need no stinking avatars!! I dislike them too

04-01-2007, 09:10 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	To go a step further with this, on other forums I follow, the avatar one-upsmanship is getting crazy - everyone wants theirs to stick out, so now there are more and more animations - it just gets worse. Animations are the very worst thing you can have on a page you're trying to read. You're trying to figure out what's being said, and all the while there's a big area, an inch away from the words, moving and changing colors and trying to get your attention.

04-01-2007, 09:20 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Plus pages with avatars take a long time for dial up users to load. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-01-2007, 10:38 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Only in the very colonial parts of the country monster. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-02-2007, 07:39 AM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Ok, thanks for the replys. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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