flash avatars?

[FCB-Mo]

i was just gonna update my avatar now and i just dropped to my head, why isnt the option of having .swf there? i reckon it would be a wicked idea to allow swf avatars

[Coastie]

because flash is annoying, as are all animated avatars and signatures. (like my own)

[cdrake]

They can cause a security risk and could be abused very easily. One example would be as soon as the page loads, the .swf file would redirect the user to the page of their choice.