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We're working on a much better and easier-to-use solution for this. Thanks for all donations, we'll let you know how to post pictures as soon as things are sorted! |
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good!! ^^ by the way... will the avatar's max. size be limited to 12 kb forever? |
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thanx phobia :))) |
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yeah! "forever" is a strong word tho..... |
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why not letting us host our avatars ourself? |
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ok! :) |
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...because that would prevent us from controlling them.... |
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...and the size limit is there for YOU... it benefits the end-user. |
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ok.. you convinced me! |
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how is the size limit for us? they take up such a small amount of space, they're not a problem even for people on modems. if they're for your site to run better that's fine, but that's not what you're saying. |
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Ha ha, when I connect via my dreamcast or my mum's laptop I certainly appreciate people having small avatars :) Maybe the best compromise would be to have a space for a bigger picture on the profile of "premium" account holders? That way people could have a real pic of themselves etc. w/o slowing the MB loading down? |
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tits: "take up such a small amount of space" yes, individual avatars are now 12 kb. multiply that with 10 or 12 and you have 120 kb's downloading just for avatars. even that is much. imagine what happens with 100+ messages topics. before the limit was implemented, some people were having 100 kb avatars. multiply that with 10 and you have 1 Mb of unnecessary bandwidth eaters. |
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the size of avatars is a good rule, and should stay implimented in the future |
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The site has a very clean, consistent look to it. I think the avatars are big enough and for people w/ slower computers, all the animation and stuff will really slow it down. |
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"it's a numbers game but the chips don't add up somehow." first, don't browsers just keep images in their cache that they keep referring to? second, 120kb is not much, even on a modem. third, people have the option of displaying only 25 messages per screen, it's their own fault if they display 100 (or 50) at a time when they have a slow connection. fourth, i think it's more important to make the graphics on the site smaller sized than the avatars. i'd rather have lots of different avatars with a bigger file size limit than pretty but hefty web site images that never change. |
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I like the size consistency though. On other messageboards they have avatars of all different sizes and it looks like shit. |
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this one was fine with different sizes though |
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xlr i agrree, but forr me the computerr dumbass its harrd to cut them to size |
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Cool |
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xltronic avatars ruuuuuuuule |
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first, don't browsers just keep images in their cache that they keep referring to? it's not a 100% rule. second, 120kb is not much, even on a modem. I would say it's much if you have a look a the form/function/use. third, people have the option of displaying only 25 messages per screen, it's their own fault if they display 100 (or 50) at a time when they have a slow connection. When did the avatars turned more important than the actual messages setup? fourth, i think it's more important to make the graphics on the site smaller sized than the avatars. i'd rather have lots of different avatars with a bigger file size limit than pretty but hefty web site images that never change. This might come as a surprise for you, but the site's graphics size is equal to 3-4 avatars. finally, you can do a lot with 12 kb - if you know how to do it. |
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finally, you can do a lot with 12 kb - if you know how to do it Exactly. |
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ok xlr, we don't need any "yes" men here, phobia can speak for himself (as can your avatars, which look crisp at under 12k) phobia: thanks for your replies (although i wonder if you're taking my suggestions seriously or just knocking them down). as for #3, if people are complaining about avatars slowing down their page loads then it's only practical for them to not display so many messages at once. the avatar size wouldn't be a problem if these people used good sense. the page graphics are sleek and i know they're sized down but i'm just saying, it makes more sense to me to size them down further than to limit avatar size to 12k which can be too small (it's hard to do animation w/ 12k). |
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That's me fucked then. I made a lovely one but it's 127KB at it's smallest I wouldn't even dream of uploading that even if we did ahve bigger avatars. Stick to your guns Phob. |
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They can't be sized down further. As you can see, each picture has only 3-4 colors (except for the header) and are saved adaptively. The site-graphics are not the problem here, since they are equal to 3-4 avatar (in kb's) - so it's pretty clear that the "problem" is related to the avatars. |
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...horray for the limitation then. ;-) |
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In this case yes! In general yes! I use Dialup at home and the speed difference is noticeable. |
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qoooool =) |
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I think the size limit isn't so bad actually. It basically 'forces' someone to be much more creative with a lot less to use up |
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hooray! pic posting spree's ahoy! |
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pics on the MB? phobs... you know better then that... its gonna be insanity. many closed topics i forsee... |
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insanity? only people who donates money will be able to post pictures (as stated earlier). who wants to risk that? |
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Are you all sure that post pics is really so important? I like this mb for the nice ppl and for the interesting xltronic topics, I found this board different from all the others and very special. I'm not sure that post with pics could be an importan improvement or innovation anyway we can try... |
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Avatars are great how they are...but you can chnage them anyway you want, Phobes. They'll still be great. Is this the only MB that has 'em? |
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There will be moments when even you wants to post pictures, Woofer... :) Like from the Rephlex session in Italy. |
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If someone will ask me: "Woofer, let me see the pics of Richard in Italy", I will be happy to show them (I hope my old camera will make good photos) ;) |
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