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NikkiNoo RSG.net Moderator
Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Posts: 366 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed, 8-Mar-2006 11:31 Post subject: Avatars and Signature Pictures |
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Dear All,
The other moderators and I have had a discussion over the last week regarding the avatar sizes and also the pictures that people have in their 'signature' line.
We are kindly asking you all to remove any pictures in the signature line as they are very distracting for reading the board, plus they are using up valuable bandwidth on the site. They make the board very slow for people who come here to read the messages who have slow internet connections.
Regarding the Avatar sizes - we have had a policy of avatars being 80x80 pixels in size. I know that some people want bigger ones and have been linking to sites elsewhere so that they can have the picture they want, but again these are too big and distracting for people wanting to read the Board, making the pages open very slowly or even causing the Board to not function / be able to open.
This is a message board for discussion about RG and other things, so please keep this in mind.
If anyone needs any help in resizing an avatar or picture I would be happy to help.
Thank you
Nikki _________________ NikkiNoo
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tigrenoir
Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 5015 Location: Saquenay, Quebec (Canada)
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Posted: Wed, 8-Mar-2006 14:55 Post subject: |
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In many forum, the avatar size are 200 per 150 : I think it's a good size for an avatar in a forum : not too big and not too small. All my avatar are in this size (except one with Natalya Kuchynskaya)
I have also deleted the photo of Oksana in my signature _________________ www.lagr-forum.com : the French RG forum
www.lucduval.net : my galery
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Kaja =)
Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 5421 Location: Norway
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Posted: Wed, 8-Mar-2006 15:51 Post subject: |
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l have removed the pic in my signature, and l think its OK, because we don't need "2 avatars". But l think that 80x80 is too small... l don't think avatars in sizes like Tigrenoir's or mine are too big. |
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Upy
Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 2517 Location: Romania
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Posted: Wed, 8-Mar-2006 17:02 Post subject: |
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After reading this announcement, I've changed my avatar with a smaller one. But, I have to agree with Kaja when saying 80x80's are simply too small. Why have an avatar, if you can't see anything?
And I agree that big signatures pics are a bit disturbing _________________ http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=Upy05 |
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Diana
Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 560 Location: Portugal
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Posted: Thu, 9-Mar-2006 1:42 Post subject: |
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I've changed the size of my avatar too. In my opinion, Kaja's avatar is the ideal size, but it's only my opinion |
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NikkiNoo RSG.net Moderator
Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Posts: 366 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu, 9-Mar-2006 10:33 Post subject: |
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Lethinha, The problem with Kaja's is the length of her avatar mainly - when you post a one or two line message and have an avatar that is long it makes reading the next message hard.
I thank those that have started to comply but I would say that they are still a little too wide and long for my liking.
This is a Message Board after all. We come here to read the messages and discuss the sport we love, swap ideas and share things. Avatars are a nice thing to have but it's not about who can have a nice picture, it's all about the discussion. _________________ NikkiNoo
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katkat
Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 515
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Posted: Thu, 9-Mar-2006 12:51 Post subject: |
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agree with nikki and the rest of the staff . some avatars and signatures were quite big.
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Diana
Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 560 Location: Portugal
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Posted: Thu, 9-Mar-2006 13:03 Post subject: |
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NikkiNoo wrote: | Lethinha, The problem with Kaja's is the length of her avatar mainly - when you post a one or two line message and have an avatar that is long it makes reading the next message hard.
I thank those that have started to comply but I would say that they are still a little too wide and long for my liking.
This is a Message Board after all. We come here to read the messages and discuss the sport we love, swap ideas and share things. Avatars are a nice thing to have but it's not about who can have a nice picture, it's all about the discussion. |
Yes, you're right.. I was saying that but I don't have idea of the space you have to his forum, I'm sorry
And you're right again when you said we are here to share ideas, points of view, impressions, etc, and the avatar is just a "desnecessary" thing
I'll put mine in 80x80 |
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tigrenoir
Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 5015 Location: Saquenay, Quebec (Canada)
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Posted: Thu, 9-Mar-2006 19:09 Post subject: |
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NikkiNoo wrote: | Lethinha, The problem with Kaja's is the length of her avatar mainly - when you post a one or two line message and have an avatar that is long it makes reading the next message hard.
I thank those that have started to comply but I would say that they are still a little too wide and long for my liking.
This is a Message Board after all. We come here to read the messages and discuss the sport we love, swap ideas and share things. Avatars are a nice thing to have but it's not about who can have a nice picture, it's all about the discussion. |
Well, I have all my RG avatar in 80x80, but it's very tiny
I think 150 x 200 are the best size for an avatar _________________ www.lagr-forum.com : the French RG forum
www.lucduval.net : my galery |
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Storm RSG.net Moderator
Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 4492 Location: Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Thu, 9-Mar-2006 20:20 Post subject: |
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Oh my god.. so I have to resize mine? ...I think large avatars are worse than high ones but later I'll see what to do.. _________________ USE the same topics to ask, even if the links there are DEAD!
The POOR search button EXISTS! use it please.. |
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Mourmaline
Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 442
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Posted: Sat, 18-Mar-2006 6:33 Post subject: |
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I hadn't know about this topic...no wonder I was seeing everyones avatar all small.....oh well....I'll re-seize mine as soon as I can _________________ Irina Star |
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*rotkwicca*
Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 1705
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Posted: Mon, 20-Mar-2006 23:42 Post subject: |
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I'm a fresh member here and yesterday I decided to finally get me an avatar. I made like 15 different ones sized 80x80 and after trying them all out, i stopped seeing the point of an avatar so small, so i quitted the idea of having one at all .
What im trying to say is, we don't have to have avatars too big (I do know myself how it feels when you have dial up connection, and try to open a page filled with 300X300 avatars ), but just a little bigger than 80x80 would make a huge difference. I just realized that i actually remember some people here by avatars without even trying to remember their names, when you see the avatar you know it all. For exp, I only noticed yesterday that Storm's nick was Storm, i remembered her by her higly memorable and cool avatar. If it was sized so smal as 80x80 noone would see what is on the photo, and we lose visual recognition of members. In the end, discussion IS the most important matter, but viewable avatars do make a difference when identifiying the member who posts. |
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gymnast stefie
Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 277 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Fri, 7-Apr-2006 2:25 Post subject: |
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tigrenoir wrote: | NikkiNoo wrote: | Lethinha, The problem with Kaja's is the length of her avatar mainly - when you post a one or two line message and have an avatar that is long it makes reading the next message hard.
I thank those that have started to comply but I would say that they are still a little too wide and long for my liking.
This is a Message Board after all. We come here to read the messages and discuss the sport we love, swap ideas and share things. Avatars are a nice thing to have but it's not about who can have a nice picture, it's all about the discussion. |
Well, I have all my RG avatar in 80x80, but it's very tiny
I think 150 x 200 are the best size for an avatar |
I agree!!! or even 100 x 150 or something just a little bit larger than 80 x 80 _________________ RIP MY BEAUTIFUL ANGELS! I MIS AND LOVE YOU ALL WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!! XOXOXOX |
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Alexander RSG.net Webmaster
Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 94 Location: Germany, Heidelberg
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Posted: Wed, 31-May-2006 18:47 Post subject: |
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I increased the size to 120 x 160 and 20 kB per picture. |
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gymnast stefie
Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 277 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Wed, 31-May-2006 21:25 Post subject: |
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Alexander wrote: | I increased the size to 120 x 160 and 20 kB per picture. |
Thank you _________________ RIP MY BEAUTIFUL ANGELS! I MIS AND LOVE YOU ALL WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!! XOXOXOX |
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