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Re: Avatar question.
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
Date: 
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:56:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matt Hein writes:
> Hello, I was browsing some other forums on the
> net, and I noticed one of the features that
> sets Lugnet apart from these forums, is a lack
> of an avatar (or icon) that accompanies each post.
> 
> Some forums like animeboards.com and bzcomunity.com
> have these, and I was wondering If anyone else
> had thought of this concept for lugnet, and if
> it would be possible, (given that Todd would be
> up to this.)
> 
> What do you think? I believe this would be a cool
> new feature to lugnet, and give the posting forums
> a fresher look.
> 
> Any ideas? Comments?


I'm sure the idea is possible (as the Lego and lugnet admin posters get
their own little icon already), but i personally really like the clean,
simple look of the current interface.  A bunch of avatars and icons would
just serve to clutter it up.

Reading through some other forums out there (I get some interesting links
from some interesting bulletin boards to brickfrenzy) I can honestly say
that Lugnet is one of the simplest, easiest, and best ways to navigate for
information and posts.  The overflow of animated sigs, icons, avatars, and
other crap on other sites is a remarkable eyesore.

Fresher?  Possibly. Better?  No.

Adrian
--
www.brickfrenzy.com



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  Re: Avatar question.
 
(...) Yeah, sigs can get quite annoying as is. I can't believe some of the items I've encountered on other forums, in dealing with long signatures and animated images.(takes time loading, etc.) What I specifically referenced to was simply a mini (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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