ChrisA Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 A few members of my community have started using animated GIFs converted from AVI videos and hosted on remote websites as their avatars - these files can range upto 6MB in size, and are obviously a problem for people trying to access my forums on slower connections - principally dial-up of course.As a solution to this problem, I was thinking it would be a good idea if each member effectively had two avatars - a standard avatar with the current restrictions such as max. 50KB filesize, uploaded dimensions etc. Then they could have a 'super avatar' such as these animated GIFs, which are only displayed if a particular member selects in their control panel that they have a high speed internet connection.I'm sure someone will say I should just add a board guideline restricting their use, but I think a solution such as this that allows people capable of seeing these 'enhanced' files would be a more elegant and appropriate solution given so many people now have high speed internet access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBERHOST.NET Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Personally, I think that the existing option for users to turn off avatars completely is good enough for those on slow connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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