25-11-2004 07:34									#1
	Apolyton PLUS and larger avatars. Full PM-box? Change here!

As some of you may know I recently signed up for Apolyton PLUs and one of the attractions was getting a larger avatar. Admitably that was secondary to getting rid of the endless ads but still it was an attraction.

In any event I have a nice new 100x100 avatar which should fit the size limits but which I am unable to use here. I can only guess the animation makes the file to large. My question is can we adjust the file size limits for plus members so they can sport more detailed animated avatars?

This is the one I'd like to use:

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This has been downloaded 130 time(s).

	25-11-2004 07:53									#2
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What is the size limit for us Poly+ers? That one is 37k, may need a bit of optimisation to get it to a decent size that even dial-up users can handle.

	25-11-2004 08:07									#3
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Already fixed in OTF.


+1

	25-11-2004 08:33									#4
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Can't have been easy to make that selfportrait.

	25-11-2004 08:40									#5
	Get a bigger avatar today!

quote: Originally posted by Theben Already fixed in OTF.

Linky?

	25-11-2004 08:43									#6
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It's in the Best/Worst Avatars thread.

	25-11-2004 08:51									#7
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Cool, thanks theban.

	25-11-2004 08:57									#8
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20k max file size is a joke. I'd like to petition for PLUS subscribers to get a larger file size. If users were given the option to turn off avatars in the control panel then the slow pokes with dial up will have a way to speed up page loading. It might even easy the load on settler.

	25-11-2004 10:13									#9
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They are.

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	25-11-2004 13:38									#10
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When Oerdin DPs the effect of multiple snarling Gollums is quite unnerving.

	25-11-2004 18:23									#11
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There wont be an increase in the avatar file size for plus members until there is an option for people like me who are starting to really hate animated avatars

	25-11-2004 20:49									#12
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I like some animated avatars. Gramphos' previous ones and my previous ones were rather nifty. Others get old quickly.

	26-11-2004 00:02									#13
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Yeah we need an animated avatar quality assessment process.

Obviously my moving speck of dust was fine.

	27-11-2004 20:40									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon When Oerdin DPs the effect of multiple snarling Gollums is quite unnerving.

	27-11-2004 22:25									#15
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My "classic" animated sheep making a return before xmas is obviously fine too, right?

-Jam

	27-11-2004 22:41									#16
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Yeah we need an animated avatar quality assessment process.

Uhhhhh... we already have one... if the owners don't like it, we make you change it

	28-11-2004 01:56									#17
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG There wont be an increase in the avatar file size for plus members until there is an option for people like me who are starting to really hate animated avatars

Then start making it possible to ignore animated avatars (By just freezing the picture at first frame)

	28-11-2004 02:34									#18
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quote: There wont be an increase in the avatar file size for plus members until there is an option for people like me who are starting to really hate animated avatars

There is. It's called Firefox.

Go to the page about :config and locate the key image.animation_mode. set its value to ‘none’ to stop all animated gifs !

	28-11-2004 02:41									#19
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But that kinda kills all gifs... I just want to kill the animations in avatars...

	28-11-2004 03:55									#20
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Get a browser that allows you to have site specific settings.

	28-11-2004 04:01									#21
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

quote: Originally posted by Jamski My "classic" animated sheep making a return before xmas is obviously fine too, right? -Jam

Naturally. We wouldn't want the sheep to stop saying "no" while we were watching, after all.

	28-11-2004 15:30									#22
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Yeah who knows what Jamski was asking in the first place!

	28-11-2004 18:19									#23
	Remove this text

Oh come on. It's not like Spamski is a kiwi or aussie.

	28-11-2004 18:47									#24
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Perhaps frustration has driven him to that level.

	29-11-2004 10:08									#25
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He's English. For all we know, he could have some welsh in him. :shudder:

	30-11-2004 00:03									#26
	Inflate your Upload Space

There's no need to insult him further.

	30-11-2004 04:36									#27
	Suffering from ads?

There is never really a need to insult people.

	30-11-2004 23:32									#28
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

quote: Originally posted by Adagio But that kinda kills all gifs... I just want to kill the animations in avatars...

In Firefox, if you hit Escape (after a page has loaded) animations will stop.

	01-12-2004 01:58									#29
	Remove this text

But that still kills all animations...

	01-12-2004 03:21									#30
	Got spare money?

quote: Originally posted by Agathon Get a browser that allows you to have site specific settings.

Firefox 1.5.