Avatars would be a cool addition to aD

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  1. anubis66

    anubis66 Regular member

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    you know, after a long time, personal pages were finally implemented and its a wonderful thing. i think personal avatars would be pretty sweet. any input on this?
     
    anubis66, Aug 14, 2006
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    Ye good idea but would take a while I suppose, Also probs not for seniors and below - as to be kind to servers etc lol

    But gd idea :)

     
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    anubis66 Regular member

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    yeah. senior members and above should get it. but i guess it may take some of the professional feel away from here.
     
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    That's all dependant on what content was put in avatars... If people abused it and put irrelevant things in there then maybe so...but if people relate it to ad or they're particualr area - even username on ad


    That would solve that ;)

    lol
     
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  5. anubis66

    anubis66 Regular member

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    id use the animated gif in my aD profile page. its pretty sweet.

    id say they should use w/e they want aslong as it:
    is not porn
    not too distracting (animated ones)
    not racist
    not insultive
    no words unless its your username

    those were quick-thought rules and they would have to be refined and made more detailed. mods could make sure someone doesnt break the rules on them. but your way would keep a less hectic feel but be restrictive to the public.
     
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  6. Ripper

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    However a nice idea i doubt it's gunna happen lol

    But we can hope... :)
     
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    anubis66 Regular member

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    why not raise the idea. if you want something, sitting still wont help. other people need to read this and post, i'd like to see how alot of people feel.
     
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    Ok well soz lol i'm done here :)


    Will follow thread though - add my two cents now and then ;)

     
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    anubis66 Regular member

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    what does anyone else out there think of this? or is it hopeless to ask?
     
    anubis66, Aug 16, 2006
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    Sniping_G Regular member

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    yah i think its a great idea,but then they already have a sig part to put your stuff
     
    Sniping_G, Aug 16, 2006
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    anubis66 Regular member

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    yeah, but then the sig could just be used for user bars and words, shortening the page.
     
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    dunno,cause mods are already complaining about the size but i would really like it
     
    Sniping_G, Aug 16, 2006
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    thread teleported to relevant forum (though i think you'll find dRD doesn't like avatars) :)
     
    creaky, Aug 17, 2006
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    I saw avatars and “sig's” used in other web site's forums and they didn’t seem like a problem. But I don’t think it's that necessary since we already can have a "sig".
     
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    herbsman Moderator Staff Member

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    I vote we get rid of all images in signatures !!
     
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    Sniping_G Regular member

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    then get avatars??
     
    Sniping_G, Aug 17, 2006
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    i doubt it, dRD still won't like them i don't think :)
     
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  18. anubis66

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    what did they ever do to him? :p there is all that space on the side under our names just waiting for something simple.
     
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  19. tocool4u

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    If we have sigs than why have an Avatar? This is a techie site for help with numerous things not really a site to show off eyecandy. And besides it will probubley put a strain on the servers and people with Dial-up will have to wait even longer for the page to load. My 2 cents on Avatars :DD:D
     
    tocool4u, Aug 17, 2006
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  20. dRD

    dRD I hate titles Staff Member

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    The day I wont be a webmaster of this site is the first possible date when avatars can be introduced to these forums. Same goes for graphical smileys :) Sigs, you can have -- I'm working on a feature that allows people to disable viewing other people's sigs when browsing our forums, so that sorts it out for those who Just Don't Like Pictures In Forums :)

    Seriously tho, I actually access the forums every now and then with my Nokia N80 -- while the connection is more than fast enuff to load the images, scrolling through a thread where sigs take more space (when the width of the page is shrinked down to 320 pixels) in height than the text itself, is bit.. weird.
     
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