A question first: Is it possible to block avatars that are over a certain size, KB-wise?

If so: shall we, and at what size?

(Playing blind Pictionary, me drawing)
Ella: Is it a giraffe?
Me (stops drawing): No
Ella: Star Trek?
Me: Yes!

I would think it is possible, but I don't have the technical know-how to be able to judge what's sensible. I know I don't like moving avatars.

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

It's possible (and implemented) for avatars uploaded to the site. Less so for avatars hosted elsewhere.

I feel it should be implemented for off-site avatars as well, if possible. This will deal with any future problems with animated avatars. As for size, a limit of 10-20kb is quite reasonable, I believe.

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. - Rabbi Moshe ben-Maimon

I don't think all animations are annoying, there are some that are more sedate that don't give you epilepsy (e.g. My blinking avatar) and there are those that are actually quite smooth.

Bandwidth is the main consideration, because when I'm at home I don't want to have to wait 5 minutes for a page to load because someone has a huge avatar. More importantly, we can't have an automatic system that blocks animated avatars anyway. Well actually we probably could, but it would take a lot of work and coding/buying it from someone who has done so already.

(Playing blind Pictionary, me drawing)
Ella: Is it a giraffe?
Me (stops drawing): No
Ella: Star Trek?
Me: Yes!

I was wondering how, i have a complete lack of knowledge on IT issues, I could use my 'Winston' avatar from the other board?

Back to stay!

Find the picture, right click on it and choose 'Properties'. You should see the URL for the picture. Copy that URL and paste it here in either the box for a remotely hosted avatar or to upload it to this board.

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

Upload it. It's considered poor form to expect one message board to host a person's avatar on another.

[quote:82a86af38e="Roman_K"]I feel it should be implemented for off-site avatars as well, if possible. This will deal with any future problems with animated avatars. As for size, a limit of 10-20kb is quite reasonable, I believe.[/quote:82a86af38e]

I'm going to try and upload a different avatar. Is this size ok, or would you prefer something smaller?