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View Poll Results: Do you want animated avatars?
Yes 15 27.78%
No 10 18.52%
Maybe, with restrictions... very little animation and no bat-shit crazy flashing or twirling stuff 17 31.48%
I just don't care enough to even vote 12 22.22%
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Old 3rd April 2008   #1
VelocityBoy
 
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Animated avatars

Do you want 'em? Are they doing your eyes in? Make it hard to pretend you may be doing something vaguely work related?
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Old 3rd April 2008   #2
brett
 
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I don't mind because my work computer is too shit to handle .gifs anyway.
That's not very helpful, sorry.
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Old 3rd April 2008   #3
hippy
 
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Ban Ban Ban!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Old 3rd April 2008   #4
Todd
 
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They can do your eyes in! ;-)
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Old 3rd April 2008   #5
Skully
 
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just make em small again I reckon
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Old 3rd April 2008   #6
VelocityBoy
 
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Originally Posted by Skullhead View Post
just make em small again I reckon
Nah, they're useful. You can read a thread and pay little attention to the left hand column but subliminally see the avatars and know who posted what.

Of course, that works when there aren't avatars distracting you. Then you can't really read the thread.
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Old 3rd April 2008   #7
BoBoB
 
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Ha, love the last option :)
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Old 3rd April 2008   #8
VelocityBoy
 
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Yeah, I'm interpreting the last option as "No".
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Old 3rd April 2008   #9
eyebrows
 
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but my avatar is so refined.
I'd miss it to much.
and its educational!
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Old 3rd April 2008   #10
aidan
 
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come on! its all about the animated avatars!! :D
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Old 3rd April 2008   #11
Evilmonkey
I say ban (only on the grounds that for some reason my copy of fireworks seems to save it with a minimum file size of 28KB, if someone technical can tell me how to fix this I'd reverse my vote to a yes...)
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Old 3rd April 2008   #12
aidan
 
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tynan save this poor man!
if people vote YES i will make them there own personal avatar in a tynan style!
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Old 3rd April 2008   #13
fatboyralph
 
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i like build's. dont like the ones with crazy bright colours that alerts bosses behind me. cant be bothered turning images off on my browser
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Old 3rd April 2008   #14
dogsballs
 
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mines pretty!
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Old 3rd April 2008   #15
flickwg
 
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make it so it has to be bike related
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Old 3rd April 2008   #16
Nicholas
 
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But then I can't use this..
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Old 3rd April 2008   #17
cornelius blackfoot
 
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against them on principle, just another way of saying look at me, and after a while just becoming really annoying.
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Old 3rd April 2008   #18
Todd
 
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make it so it has to be bike related
Mine's 'me' related.
Express Individualism. It's the tinterweb. Why be restricted?
I wouldn't want a bike related one...
Actually...mine was the influence for my new bike! ;)

It's moving image! If you're gonna ban 'em you might as well ban all avatars completely. All avatars are 'look at me'!
This is my comment!
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Old 3rd April 2008   #19
tynan
 
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Miserable bastards ;P
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Old 3rd April 2008   #20
tynan
 
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Originally Posted by Evilmonkey View Post
I say ban (only on the grounds that for some reason my copy of fireworks seems to save it with a minimum file size of 28KB, if someone technical can tell me how to fix this I'd reverse my vote to a yes...)
Send it to me (private message) and I shall make your wish come true.
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Old 3rd April 2008   #21
aidan
 
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good vote wheels...i knew i could count on you!
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Old 3rd April 2008   #22
wheels
 
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good vote wheels...i knew i could count on you!
Wheels says 'Yes' to animated avatars. !! :)
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Old 3rd April 2008   #23
wheels
 
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Can't you miserable bastards who want to browse this forum while you are at work simply drag the window to the left a little so any avatars are off screen ?



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Old 3rd April 2008   #24
Superprecise
 
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lol that's funny, you funny man!
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Old 3rd April 2008   #25
hippy
 
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No
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Old 3rd April 2008   #26
aidan
 
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:D
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Old 3rd April 2008   #27
fixedfreak (max)
 
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i vote yes
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Old 3rd April 2008   #28
i am russell
 
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my cats breath smells of cat food
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Old 3rd April 2008   #29
tynan
 
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Originally Posted by i am russell View Post
my cats breath smells of cat food

Would you like me to do you an animated avatar using that as the theme ?
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Old 3rd April 2008   #30
i am russell
 
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would i ever
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Old 3rd April 2008   #31
tynan
 
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would i ever
I can make those tits wobble ?
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Old 3rd April 2008   #32
i am russell
 
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now
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Old 3rd April 2008   #33
mashton
 
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Originally Posted by wheels View Post
Can't you miserable bastards who want to browse this forum while you are at work simply drag the window to the left a little so any avatars are off screen ?
The point is that avatars are useful in subliminally knowing who is chatting, but the flashy animated ones are overly distracting to some people.

Having an option to turn off the display of animated avatars on a per user basis would be ideal, for me.
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Old 3rd April 2008   #34
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I can make those tits wobble ?
I'd be all for it if there was a selection of boob themed avatars to choose from. If not it's a no vote from me.
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