Avatars
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Warrior
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written Friday, May 16 2003 10:53
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You know, I've only just noticed something... we can't have avatars! Is this not a feature of 'infopop corporation' or has someone just disabled it? Posts: 150 | Registered: Monday, December 23 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, May 16 2003 10:57
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Yapiro Man believes that these forums have never had that feature -------------------- In a world of darkness, light is everywhere. You just have to look. Posts: 130 | Registered: Thursday, January 16 2003 08:00 |
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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
Member # 67
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written Friday, May 16 2003 11:06
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There used to be avatars, but they were purged in the Great Avatar Purge of 2002. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Member # 165
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written Friday, May 16 2003 13:25
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They take up server space. -------------------- desperance -- je me souviens arena -- et je me souviens de vous Posts: 2449 | Registered: Monday, October 15 2001 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Friday, May 16 2003 14:54
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Yapiro Man is WRONG. They were here for... I don't know, maybe a month, of less, or a little more, not very long anyway. They weren't all that useful, anyway. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
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written Friday, May 16 2003 16:49
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And Alec is mocking certain people. Avatars don't put any load on Spiderweb's server. They did, however, make the loading times higher, especially for people with dialup connections. I believe that was the reason given for the avatar purge, and it makes sense to me. —Alorael, who had problems with the loading time on some pages even with DSL. He imagines that a 56k modem would have rendered many topics impossible to read. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Friday, May 16 2003 16:53
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Actually, they did (and still do) take up server space, since they're housed on the ironycentral servers. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Friday, May 16 2003 19:32
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Alorael - YOUR DSL SUXS Unless you have your browser configured to only display a page at all after it's completely loaded, avatars load last and shouldn't be problematic in that way. :P Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, May 16 2003 20:20
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I make no claims about the efficiency or intelligence of my internet browser. As far as I can tell, IE5 insists on loading the entire page before displaying anything. —Alorael, who was referring to the off-site avatars. Spiderweb could have done away with its own repetoire and only allowed avatars through links, but that wouldn't have solved the problems. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, May 17 2003 01:26
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Avatars were never a problem for me, since my IE stored the graphics on my computer. I only needed to wait ONCE for them to load (the first time, when they wern't on my computer). -------------------- Who was born in a house full of pain Who was trained not to spit in the fan Who was told what to do by the man Who was broken by trained personnel Who was fitted with collar and chain Who was given a pat on the back Who was breaking away from the pack Who was only a stranger at home Who was ground down in the end Who was found dead on the phone Who was dragged down by the stone Posts: 595 | Registered: Tuesday, March 12 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, May 17 2003 04:37
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quote:You know the problem yet you refuse to fix it. -------------------- Song of the Pack -- An Online Multiplayer Wolf RPG!~ Posts: 223 | Registered: Friday, October 26 2001 07:00 |