Can Dynamic Signatures and Avatars Be Implemented on This Platform?

[vincentm]

IS this a possibility here? I have a set of images that i'd like to use at least for my sig. I assure they're not offensive images, Just ones of celestial objects.

 

[dduardo]

You could use an animated GIF.

 

[JamesU]

I can't put images in my sig

 

[mattmns]

I am not sure if I should say this or not, but have you tried using flash in your sig? With <embed> tags. I think that is what flash uses, but it has been a while.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

We don't have any plans on implementing dynamic sigs or avatars. Images and HTML are disabled in sigs.

 

[JamesU]

why, greg?

 

[Moonbear]

I think the idea is to keep the signatures simple, so they aren't distracting when people are reading through posts.

 

[vincentm]

I think the idea is to keep the signatures simple, so they aren't distracting when people are reading through posts.

That makes sense to me

 

[amcavoy]

I think the idea is to keep the signatures simple, so they aren't distracting when people are reading through posts.

...and bandwidth if you uploaded your image here.

 

[Chronos]

Animations are annoying and a waste of good bandwidth, IMO. I'm on dial up and waiting for a page to load for the thrill of viewing puppy ears flapping in the breeze is not my idea of time well spent.

 

[Evo]

viewing puppy ears flapping in the breeze is not my idea of time well spent.

puppy hater

 

[Math Is Hard]

I tend to agree. Chronos is a puppy hater.

Seriously, I have visited other forums and the amount of "flair" that users were sporting was completely obnoxious. The animated junk in the signature is something like 20 x larger than the post itself. Between the avatar and the sig and everything else, you have to visually wade through a giant clutter of text and animated images just to finally pick out the user's reply, which is generally something like, "uh huh."

 

[Lisa!]

I'm happy that Danger's avatar isn't dynamic!

 

[Chronos]

I don't hate puppies. They are delicious deep fried.