I don't see why this was removed honestly...
The avatar upload limit is already set to a small 88kb.
Why was this removed?
The avatar upload limit is already set to a small 88kb.
Why was this removed?
As I stated, there's an 88kb limit.Ijah wrote:
Gifs are ugly, and anything complex will use a lot of space on the server.
However, see here for some ways to use animated PNGs, and yes, AFAIK they work for avatars here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
firefox users can see them by default. It's actually pretty nice seeing someone with a short, usually looped animated avatar here on the forums sometimes. I wouldn't want to ever see animated gifs in-game.Miracle Lotus wrote:
As I stated, there's an 88kb limit.Ijah wrote:
Gifs are ugly, and anything complex will use a lot of space on the server.
However, see here for some ways to use animated PNGs, and yes, AFAIK they work for avatars here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
Also, I wouldn't want to make an animated png that nobody would be able to see without a plugin.
with an extension we can. I'm using "Animated PNG support for Google Chrome™", just APNG in short. It's actually the only APNG extension you can have for chrome, and it works just fine.Miracle Lotus wrote:
Chrome users can't.theowest wrote:
firefox users can see them by default. It's actually pretty nice seeing someone with a short, usually looped animated avatar here on the forums sometimes. I wouldn't want to ever see animated gifs in-game.
That's merely avoiding what I said.blissfulyoshi wrote:
Chrome users supposedly have a working add-on to fix that https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... mnpckdbblp (didn't test)
Edit: Theo ninjaed me T_T
What's the point of removing gif avatar uploads.Miracle Lotus wrote:
Also, I wouldn't want to make an animated png that nobody would be able to see without a plugin.