Animated avatars?

[techumseh]

I'm more or less new here (part of the Scenario League immigration), so I don't know if this has been discussed to death in the past, so pardon me if it was settled years ago.

What are the chances of enabling animated avatars? I had one over at Apolyton and rather liked it (my avatar has paddled around the world six and a half times so far). Any possibility?

 

[Cutlass]

None. Staff hates the idea.

 

[GenMarshall]

I've heard they can be distracting.

 

[Perfection]

Because they are.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

None. Staff hates the idea.

Not all the staff hate the idea (I would love to have an animated avatar). But the staff with the authority to let us have them are the ones who hate the idea the most.

 

[Cutlass]

I've heard they can be distracting.

Not really, no. I see them plenty. You tune them out after a while.

 

[Bill3000]

They're indicative of a low quality site as with massive signatures.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

This is my avatar at TrekBBS (another vBulletin forum):



(for the non-Trek folks, it's a "tractor beam")

Now we have privileges they don't have there - we're allowed to use colored fonts and non-default fonts. That forum isn't.

 

[BuckyRea]

None. Staff hates the idea.

Good for staff. Animated avatars are like half a rung above marquee scrolling text on the classiness scale.

(on edit: D'Oh! That's rung, not run. I don't know what the heck a "half a run" is)

 

[Cutlass]

Good for staff. Animated avatars are like half a run above marquee scrolling text on the classiness scale.

But they're cool.

 

[useless]

If only I could show Chipp in his full glory...

 

[BuckyRea]

If only I could show Chipp in his full glory...

I'll see your "full glory" and raise you one "gag reflex"

 

[ainwood]

What are the chances of enabling animated avatars? I had one over at Apolyton and rather liked it (my avatar has paddled around the world six and a half times so far). Any possibility?

Its one of Thunderfall's fundamental preferences (and one I agree with, actually): A view that they're distracting / annoying.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

 

[Virote_Considon]

At their best, they add nothing of use.

 

[GenMarshall]

The use of the escape button has increased 25%.

 

[Virote_Considon]

Fine, then they add nothing of use to use

 

[Abaddon]

The most important part of your post, should be its content.. not its frame.

 

[techumseh]

Too bad. I think if they are modest and tasteful, they can add a lot. But I see some of you have more exuberant "tastes".

 

[Perfection]

Sure, moderate and tasteful would be okay, but how do you enforce avatar "loudness"?