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Govindira Galatea
Just ghosting...
Join date: 6 Mar 2004
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08-11-2008 16:03
Well, you can tell what my viewpoint is, I'm guessing.
 Many people cannot abide flashing things next to their reading material, so why not find a nice still picture to use instead?I know, I know. If I don't like it, move on. I do. Or to allow myself to read the writing of those who don't use such GIFs, I mute the person who uses the animated GIF. And that makes me sad. _____________________
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Logan Bauer
Inept Adept
Join date: 13 Jun 2004
Posts: 2,237
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08-11-2008 16:05
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Zaphod Kotobide
zOMGWTFPME!
Join date: 19 Oct 2006
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08-11-2008 16:05
If it bothers you to the extent that you mute the offending parties, I'd say the problem is yours alone. Are there really that many?
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Sindy Tsure
Will script for shoes
Join date: 18 Sep 2006
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08-11-2008 16:06
Well, you can tell what my viewpoint is, I'm guessing. Many people cannot abide flashing things next to their reading material, so why not find a nice still picture to use instead?.They drive me nuts, too.. Far too distracting. Press the ESC key a few seconds after the page loads and it'll stop them. edit: I don't think we're talking about ones like yours, Logan.. It's the ones that try to do 500fps of different colors that are really annoying. |
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Porky Gorky
Temperamentalalistical
Join date: 25 May 2004
Posts: 1,414
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08-11-2008 16:10
Im personally highly offended by still pictures and feel a profile should be pure and pictureless. I dont want my eyeballs being spammed by your devil imagary so I think the OP is no better than the members with Animated GIFS.
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Smoke Gordonstone
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Join date: 13 Jan 2008
Posts: 371
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08-11-2008 16:17
Isn't there an option in User CP's that allows you to turn off viewing forum avatars and signatures?
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Ann Launay
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Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 7,893
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08-11-2008 16:17
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Ann Launay
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08-11-2008 16:18
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Govindira Galatea
Just ghosting...
Join date: 6 Mar 2004
Posts: 416
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Question answered!
08-11-2008 16:27
Thank you, Sindy!!! I never knew that, obviously. That completely solves the problem. Thank you!!! Now I can unmute the Flashers, which is vastly preferable to muting.
Zaphod, merely consider that browsers offer plug-ins whose sole purpose is to allow management of flashing things in the browser window. There are a lot of people who have difficulty reading while things flash or twitch. If you want to understand what it feels like, try reading by the light of a stroboscope. Smoke, there is. It's even more draconian than muting and I hope I never have to use it. _____________________
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SuezanneC Baskerville
Forums Rock!
Join date: 22 Dec 2003
Posts: 14,229
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08-11-2008 16:29
One web pages says you can disable gif animations as follows:
In Firefox - Type about:config and change the value of string image.animation_mode from normal to none. In Internet Explorer - Tools -> Options -> Advance. Uncheck the box in Multimedia group that says "Play animations in web pages" Its the colon after the word "Date" in "Join Date:" that gets my goat. What's holding the upper dot up anyway?  If you have image block I guess you could just block the images one by one as you see ones that bother you. _____________________
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Kitty Barnett
Registered User
Join date: 10 May 2006
Posts: 5,586
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08-11-2008 16:37
You can just turn off inlining images as well (http://forums.secondlife.com/usercp.php - Edit Options, uncheck "Show Images"
and just have them show as a clickable link.If they're relevant to the post then it's pretty obvious from the context and you can just look, if they're not relevant to the post then you don't miss anything by not seeing them. |
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Cristalle Karami
Lady of the House
Join date: 4 Dec 2006
Posts: 6,222
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08-11-2008 16:37
I just use an adblock plugin to block the image. Problem solved.
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Raudf Fox
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Join date: 25 Feb 2005
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08-11-2008 17:25
I'm an adblock fan too. Slow moving ones are fine, if they aren't an ad. But, I loathe the ones that are purely designed to make my eyes twitch and possibly bleed.
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Kaimi Kyomoon
Kah-EE-mee
Join date: 30 Nov 2006
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08-11-2008 17:42
This reminds me of the time I realized that my friend who I'd been working with for about 6 months was allergic to my perfume... I've been thinking I was being so cool every time I included a little animated .gif in a post. Glad to hear there's a remedy.
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Macphisto Angelus
JAFO
Join date: 21 Oct 2004
Posts: 5,831
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08-11-2008 17:52
This reminds me of the time I realized that my friend who I'd been working with for about 6 months was allergic to my perfume... I've been thinking I was being so cool every time I included a little animated .gif in a post. Glad to hear there's a remedy. You are beyond cool. Just sayin' _____________________
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Marianne McCann
Feted Inner Child
Join date: 23 Feb 2006
Posts: 7,145
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08-11-2008 18:16
My view is a simple one. There are bigger things to concern me in the world than an animated gif.
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Zaphod Kotobide
zOMGWTFPME!
Join date: 19 Oct 2006
Posts: 2,087
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08-11-2008 18:21
Govindira,
So many people these days keep vigilant watch for things to be annoyed by, and then once found, demand that the annoyance be removed forthwith. The way you worded your OP kinda leaned that way. If these flashy things present not an annoyance, but a disability to you, I can totally understand that and empathize. I'm pleased that you've found a solution via other posters in this thread, and I apologize for being snarky. _____________________
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Gabriele Graves
Always and Forever, FULL
Join date: 23 Apr 2007
Posts: 6,205
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08-11-2008 18:26
Why do we have to have so much text cluttering up the nice blank screen? Could we all post a little less? The blue is so calming without all that nasty black
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3Ring Binder
always smile
Join date: 8 Mar 2007
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08-11-2008 19:04
i like you more and more. rebel!  |
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3Ring Binder
always smile
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08-11-2008 19:06
This reminds me of the time I realized that my friend who I'd been working with for about 6 months was allergic to my perfume... I've been thinking I was being so cool every time I included a little animated .gif in a post. Glad to hear there's a remedy. you ARE cool. so are ani gifs. so, if you post with them, that makes you ultra cool.... as if you could possibly be any more cool, ani gifs or not.  |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
Forums Rock!
Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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08-11-2008 19:36
Why do we have to have so much text cluttering up the nice blank screen? ... The blue is so calming...  _____________________
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Aleister DaSilva
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Join date: 19 May 2005
Posts: 168
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08-11-2008 20:03
GeoCities 1997 called, they want their animated gifs back
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Kidd Krasner
Registered User
Join date: 1 Jan 2007
Posts: 1,938
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08-11-2008 20:27
I have both avatars and signatures turned off in the control panel, and will use adblock to hide junk that makes it hard for me to read.
Animated gifs are like kids screaming and crying their lungs out at a store. Yeah, there's more important stuff in life to complain about, but they still make for an unpleasant experience. |
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Gabriele Graves
Always and Forever, FULL
Join date: 23 Apr 2007
Posts: 6,205
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08-11-2008 20:32
I love smilies and animated gifs, after all the internet is supposed to be a multimedia experience
 They make me smile and in some cases laugh. How can that be a bad thing?_____________________
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Kaimi Kyomoon
Kah-EE-mee
Join date: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 5,664
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08-11-2008 20:40
Big hugs Mac and 3.
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