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Disable Animated Avatars

Discussion in 'Suggestions & Bugs' started by Dinya, Apr 18, 2013.

  1. Dinya

    Dinya Know what you're doing yet?

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    Could we please disallow animated avatars (e.g. animated GIFs) on the forum? (Preferably code-wise - by just displaying the first image of the animation as the avatar, like SB does.)

    I find them extremely distracting (They are usually the only thing moving on a page.) and they don't really serve any purpose whatsoever, that normal, static ones don't already fulfill.
     
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  2. FurikoMaru

    FurikoMaru Versed in the lewd.

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    Wait, we're actually allowed to have animated avatars? ;D Awesome!
     
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  3. Vindictus

    Vindictus Experienced.

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    Huh.

    When I tried to have a Reaver Bobblehead Avatar, it didn't animate. Why are animated ones working now?
     
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  4. EnderofWorlds

    EnderofWorlds Versed in the lewd.

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    I don't know; I can't get mine to work either. I just switched to an animated gif but it's not working.
     
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  5. Malcolmo

    Malcolmo Insert custom title here

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    I think Dinya's refering to this guy's avatar.
     
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  6. Dinya

    Dinya Know what you're doing yet?

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    Indeed.
     
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  7. nick012000

    nick012000 Gone for Good

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    If that guy's who I think he is, I remember when he showed up on Dark Side of the Moon. He had a habit of having low-grade shock images in his avatar and signature; he's a troll, and it's probably best to ignore him until he either gets bored and leaves or starts escalating until he gets banned. I think Mike mentioned that he had been banned from Beast's Lair for trolling, as well.
     
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  8. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    It shouldn't be possible, that avatar exceeds the attachment upload size.

    I will be working on blocking animated avatars; there is a tradeoff, however. Doing so will block all gif avatars, not just animated ones. Most people on the forum use jpg or png, so it won't affect most people, but it will affect a few.
     
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  9. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Its uploaded and not linked?
     
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  10. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    All avatars are stored locally. If you specified an external url for your avatar, the software downloaded it and stored in the avatars folder.
     
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  11. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Ahhhh
     
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