Avatars?

[MultiFinder]

Since we don't seem to be doing the whole army rank by postcount thing currently (probably a good thing, it discourages people from posting useless junk), are we going to have avatars? I know that they really help me identify people fast. I'd tend to go for the small ones. Bigger ones disrupt the look of the forum and can make it load S-L-O-W on machines with slow connections.

What say you :?:

 

[vassilizaitsev]

whenever I've encountered avatars they've allways seemed overkill to me; ie:- they take an age to load.

I don't know why that is cos they're only a small graphic........

So I do like the idea of avatars,

but I don't want a web page that's still loading 2 mins after I get there.

 

[defor]

32x32 icon!

bring back icon art dammit!

 

[iMac600]

Rank insignias. Go with the classics, the heritage.

 

[gobabushka]

yeah, i tend to agree, i miss the rank insignia! but i would think that midrange size avatars would work too.

 

[Bunsen]

You realise we're all privates now?

 

[iMac600]

Indeed. I suppose rank insignia could work say... about 6 months from now, but not at the moment. Point well taken.

 

[Bolle]

i think there should be avatars to identify people quickly. i would only allow small ones, cause big ones would make the forum s...l...o...w for people with not that fast computers or with a slow internet connection. Maybe it´s possible that you can choose wether you want the avatars to be displayed or not.

 

[Scott Baret]

Rank pictures would be fine.

I don't support big photos though. Some of us like to view this site on older computers.

 

[John8520]

I think its fine just how it is with no ranks/postcount, but small (as in 80x80) avatars would be ok. What would be really cool is if someone went through system 7 and pulled out all the icons, then there could bea build in icon set for the forums, and people could choose from that set.

Allowing ranks would just encourage some people to meaninglessly post to get their rank up.

 

[Dan 7.1]

i'd like to see small ones or the insignia's back.

although insignia's were more a "spam" rating than anything else tbh...

 

[~tl]

Well, I've decided to try enabling avatars on a trial basis. We'll see how it goes. If anyone has any major objections, then I'll certainly turn them off. I'll also look and see if there's a way to have a preference to show/hide them.

 

[Bolle]

cool.

 

[MacMan]

I quite like avatars, they make it very easy to find people. They are more appropriate for sites such as FaceBook, but on forums like this it is always good too see who is replying to posts.

 

[~tl]

Oh, and if I see anyone with animated GIFs, they will be removed straight away!

 

[Patrickool93]

Oh, and if I see anyone with animated GIFs, they will be removed straight away!

/me puts away his dancing monkeys...

 

[The Macster]

Oh, and if I see anyone with animated GIFs, they will be removed straight away!

What about Windows logoes? }

 

[~tl]

Oh, and if I see anyone with animated GIFs, they will be removed straight away!

What about Windows logoes? }

I won't remove it, but you may be burnt at the stake

 

[The Macster]

Hmm...maybe a picture of Bill Gates would be better then...

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