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Please keep avatars out of MacNN
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macintologist
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Aug 22, 2006, 06:39 PM
 
I love how there are no avatars in MacNN and how signature images must be non-animated and fairly small.

Please keep it this way.

That's all I have to say on the subject
     
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Aug 22, 2006, 06:53 PM
 
Amen.
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Lateralus
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Aug 22, 2006, 07:00 PM
 
Well... Nobody has suggested adding avatars so one has to wonder what is the point of creating this thread?
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tooki
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Aug 22, 2006, 09:04 PM
 
Come now, Lateralus: positive comments on how we do things is both welcome and encouraged. It's good to have confirmation that people like how we do things; usually it's only people who have complains who bother to communicate.

Macintologist, thanks for the comment.

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Aug 22, 2006, 09:07 PM
 
Originally Posted by Lateralus
Well... Nobody has suggested adding avatars so one has to wonder what is the point of creating this thread?
I seem to recall that people actually have suggested it a couple of times in the past.

I agree with Macintologist — MacNN is a nice break from the tidal wave of images on most forums.
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Aug 22, 2006, 10:04 PM
 
Amen.
     
hickey
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Aug 22, 2006, 10:38 PM
 
change is bad...in this case.
     
Kevin
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Aug 23, 2006, 06:43 AM
 
For example of how NOT to do things


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Aug 23, 2006, 09:12 AM
 
Personally I don't mind small 50 or 60 pixel non-animated avatars, but I do agree that the avatars on the forums in Kevin's link are way too obnoxious.
     
Dino-Rider
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Aug 23, 2006, 09:55 AM
 
What really steams me are both avatars AND signatures. Either have ONE, or the other, but both is just stupid.
     
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Aug 23, 2006, 03:29 PM
 

No problem with that avatar.
     
Peter
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Aug 23, 2006, 03:49 PM
 
Originally Posted by Lateralus
Well... Nobody has suggested adding avatars so one has to wonder what is the point of creating this thread?
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Aug 25, 2006, 06:37 PM
 
Originally Posted by tooki
Come now, Lateralus: positive comments on how we do things is both welcome and encouraged. It's good to have confirmation that people like how we do things
I thought the feedback lounge was for bitching only.

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Aug 25, 2006, 07:02 PM
 
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Judge_Fire
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Aug 26, 2006, 12:21 PM
 
I'd prefer avatars, actually, I guess I just find them more functional and tidy.

They show up at the beginning of the post, so it's easy to see who's posting and they don't clutter the message area. There's a lot of 'metadata' in the box on the left already and it would be clean and concise to put any random noise there.

I kinda like the way MacThemes does it.

Either way, as long as they're kept small and non-blinky, I'm ok with sigs
     
Sourbook
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Aug 26, 2006, 12:28 PM
 
I'm a big fan of the MacNN signature policy. Simple, tasteful and elegant. One of these days I'll make one for myself.
     
seanc
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Aug 26, 2006, 04:47 PM
 
Oooh, can we get smileys like Mac Themes? VB ones are boring. Non-blinky sigs and avatars are always good (doesn't kill my old PowerMac as much) and so I think static avatars and sigs would be fine.
     
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Aug 26, 2006, 06:04 PM
 
no avatars!
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SSharon
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Aug 26, 2006, 09:27 PM
 
Originally Posted by porieux
I like avatars. Most boards that use them offer a user preference to turn them off so you don't see them, so I fail to see how they could cause a problem for anyone.
Even with the option to turn them off I still don't want them here. I was a lurker here for a year before I signed up and I wasn't about to register just to turn off avatars (assuming I even knew it was an option). I would have just gone on to another site if I found this one annoying.
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Aug 28, 2006, 01:40 PM
 
The first time the animated "More cowbell" dude pops up in a sig or avatar is the day I'm outta here. Gotta emphatically agree with the O.P.

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tooki
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Aug 28, 2006, 01:58 PM
 
Well, nobody need worry. There are no plans to introduce avatars.

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Aug 28, 2006, 02:19 PM
 
Originally Posted by tooki
Well, nobody need worry. There are no plans to introduce avatars.
Good. Let's keep focused on the important things at 'NN.

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Aug 28, 2006, 02:36 PM
 
thats my favorite turtle pic out of the many you've got.
     
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Aug 28, 2006, 03:22 PM
 
Originally Posted by hickey
thats my favorite turtle pic out of the many you've got.
LOL

Which one ?

They are rotating.

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hickey
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Aug 28, 2006, 04:06 PM
 
the one before this one.
     
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Aug 28, 2006, 06:24 PM
 
Oh you mean that one.
     
turtle777
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Aug 28, 2006, 07:01 PM
 
Originally Posted by hickey
the one before this one.
Thanks for the clarificaion

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hickey
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Aug 28, 2006, 08:34 PM
 
well i forget exactly what it looked like, so it wouldn't have worked to say "the one with the turtle."

It was the cute one.
     
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SSharon
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Sep 10, 2006, 05:38 PM
 
Originally Posted by porieux
That's a really dumb reason. I don't think anyone cares about people who don't care enough to register.
Well thank you.
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turtle777
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Originally Posted by porieux
That's a really dumb reason. I don't think anyone cares about people who don't care enough to register.
No, it's not a dumb reason. Everyone starts out as a lurker. If you get pissed off by dumb gravatars, you might never want to register.

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esXXI
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Sep 10, 2006, 07:01 PM
 
Can anyone give a better reason than "it's annoying" for having sigs over avatars..? They would seem a lot easier to restrict than signatures and make pages easier to read and shorter.

Not that I care either way, both have pros and cons - it just seems some people dislike them because they're avatars
     
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Sep 11, 2006, 08:30 AM
 
It also depends on the culture of the forum. Neowin has them and they're not that bad. Other sites have them and they're terrible.

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Sep 11, 2006, 10:11 AM
 
Originally Posted by esXXI
Can anyone give a better reason than "it's annoying" for having sigs over avatars..? They would seem a lot easier to restrict than signatures and make pages easier to read and shorter.
Well, the only downside to avatars I can think of is that their height tends to a bit higher than sigs - a typical avatar size is 80 x 80 pix. Thus, in very short messages the combined height of the username, post count, avatar and whatever buttons there are on the left <-- would make the individual post a bit higher, with whitespace.

I agree they would clean up legibility by staying out of my face more than sigs, which are there in the center of my field of vision.

Oh, and viewing avatars can be turned off for guests to lure them in unsuspecting
     
seanc
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Sep 11, 2006, 10:30 AM
 
Well considering I can turn off Sigs (I just have) and Avatars and they can be hidden from guests, I see no problem with them.
     
Corpsecorps
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Dec 31, 2006, 05:36 AM
 
I prefer small-scale non-animated avatars to identify posters easily, and no sigs.

Makes more sense than graphic sigs and no avatars.
     
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Dec 31, 2006, 09:25 AM
 
whilst MacNN apreciates your feedback Corpsecorps, please try not to bump ~4 month old threads...
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