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I know it is going to eat some bandwidth and might be make this forum a little unprofessional, but it'd be nice to have options to have an image for oneself (like what Bill/Nonny have). The admins can restrict the size/content (nothing explicit or offending) of the images.

I agree there are zillion forums on the internet with this feature, but sometimes it looks nice to see the user images, most of which tell something about the user. Importantly, it is easier to visually "search" for a particular user's post - for example, I simply look for 5 feathers for Christopher's messages. I beleive that if chosen properly, these avatar images will be a great addition to the forum.

Just my $0.02.

Most likely not going to happen. We still have many users on dial up, which is why we have a limit on images as it stands. (ie. no images without warnings, and generally only in the Pic Conference)

I too am against it. A "most hated" yahoo feature is "avatars"
waste of bandwidth

Please, no, this place is to nice looking now.

Thanks, but no.

eBay recently added an avatar and the My World page display prior to looking at a person's feedback. Waste of space and another click to get to what I really want. Not for me, thanks.

gator wrote:I know it is going to eat some bandwidth and might be make this forum a little unprofessional, but it'd be nice to have options to have an image for oneself (like what Bill/Nonny have). The admins can restrict the size/content (nothing explicit or offending) of the images.

'Round these parts we get our avatars the old fashioned way.

We earn them.

James

Avatars, oh... i am AGAINST it. Sorry.

Just have a look at some of the forums which allowed users to add in avatars. So messy and when i am surfing from my PDA, i am so [censored] off with the downloading time because it is so slow and it took at least 20 minutes to load 1 page.

Avatars... I still like the feathers and birds and maybe Mr Morrow could add in 1 more type of avatar (helpful award) and allow members with at least 100 posts to vote for helpful users and this move also encourage other members who wanted that type of avatar to work hard for it.

JHEM wrote: 'Round these parts we get our avatars the old fashioned way.

We earn them.

James

James, I know. I feel so dumb now even suggesting this idea. Someday, I'll earn a feather too.

I have only two objections to Avatars;

1.) They suck up bandwidth for what would otherwise be a clean inline thread on a serious support forum.

2.) There is a high probability that somebody is going to pick and/or generate an avatar that constitutes an extreme aesthetic offense to the visual organs and suddenly think it looks "B4dAZZ." See, Yahoo!, Second Life, and animated gifs.

8 out of 9 members in this thread are against the avatar idea.

Yes, we have the luxuary to use broadband and wireless but always remember that some members are still using dial-up and it needs to take some time for a full page with avatars to load and this can stretch up to 20 minutes and per minute the dial up fee is SGD0.05 and it might be more expensive in some other countries.

Hope you understand our objections.

The animated gif avatars are the worst. Nobody wants to watch dancing penguins doing backflips over and over and over...........................forever.
I like it the way it is now.

carbon_unit wrote:The animated gif avatars are the worst. Nobody wants to watch dancing penguins doing backflips over and over and over...........................forever.
I like it the way it is now.

For example this: http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/466/4784fn7.gif

It looks cute at first but after looking at it for almost everyday, i find it boring.

NS wrote:

carbon_unit wrote:The animated gif avatars are the worst. Nobody wants to watch dancing penguins doing backflips over and over and over...........................forever.
I like it the way it is now.

For example this: img]http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/466/4784fn7.gif[/img]

It looks cute at first but after looking at it for almost everyday, i find it boring.

Perhaps you had better read those Rulez in your sig paying particular attention to the part about no images without a warning in the subject line.

nonny wrote: Perhaps you had better read those Rulez in your sig paying particular attention to the part about no images without a warning in the subject line.

I pressed the submit tab accidently. I don't mean it. Actually i wanted to view the link in the preview tab but i accidently click on the wrong button. After i clicked the wrong button, i switched to another browser window and continue my online games (warcraft 2) and later i saw my post with the pic directly and i was busy editing my post when you post.

I know about the rules, that's why i tag it in my sig.

*blush* Sincere apologies to nonny and fellow mates...

NS wrote:Just have a look at some of the forums which allowed users to add in avatars. So messy and when i am surfing from my PDA, i am so [censored] off with the downloading time because it is so slow and it took at least 20 minutes to load 1 page.

Can't you just turn off images on your PDA? (avatar or not, it's just downloadin time)

I don't like avatars either, and surely not these animated gifs (when reading a topic where a user with a disco-ava replies several times it is really annoying).

Wish there was an option in Profile menu to turn avatars off (maybe it exists, never looked for it).

I also, don't need or have a use for avatars!!!

Just keep it simple......that's all..........

Ron

I agree.

Locked.