Graflex.org Forum Index Graflex.org
Get help with your Graflex questions here
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Avatars Do we need them?
Goto page 1, 2  Next
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Graflex.org Forum Index -> Graflex.org Site Discussion
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Les



Joined: 09 May 2001
Posts: 2682
Location: Detroit, MI

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:46 am    Post subject: Avitars Do we need them? Reply with quote

A couple of people have PM'd me and one person posted the question about changing theirs.

Right now Avitars are not activated. But they can be.

Avitars are thumbnail images, animated gifs, and graphics usually under the poster's name to add identity and self expression. ......

which also leads to conflict as sometimes as one's self expression may be anothers insult. We already have a member's signature... "Graflex Corp.was a (silent) supporter of Rain Forest Devastation."

What happens when somebody uses Luke Skywalker as his/her avitar?
Can we have two people to use the same photo of Weegee? If not who gets to used it? Do I choose by seniority, number of posts or split Weegee in half? (okay these are rhetorical questions but you can get the sense of the can of worms this potientially opens up. )
_________________
"In order to invent, you need a good imagination and a lot of junk" Thomas Edison
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
RichS



Joined: 18 Oct 2001
Posts: 1467
Location: South of Rochester, NY

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You forgot to ask the question

Again, I say no...

And maybe you can make this a poll, if that is enabled?
_________________
----------------------------------------
"Ya just can't have too many GVIIs"
----------------------------------------
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Les



Joined: 09 May 2001
Posts: 2682
Location: Detroit, MI

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm working on the poll part I tried twice, not sure it's activated.
_________________
"In order to invent, you need a good imagination and a lot of junk" Thomas Edison
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
pv17vv



Joined: 22 Dec 2001
Posts: 255
Location: The Ardennes, Belgium

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Do we need them?


I don't.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
45PSS



Joined: 28 Sep 2001
Posts: 3384
Location: Mid Peninsula, Ca.

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Avitars Do we need them?

No.
Would I object to them if they were? No.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Top



Joined: 06 Apr 2002
Posts: 198
Location: Northern New England USA

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think we need avatars; what I DO think we need is some sort of restricted membership, as yet another pornmonger is on the Speed Graphic forum.
I get a couple of these a month on dateline:London, and by going to restricted membership I'm able to filter them out before they get on the forum. The e-mail addresses submitted are usually a dead giveaway.
Top
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Dan Fromm



Joined: 14 May 2001
Posts: 1942
Location: New Jersey

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Avatars? Damned silly idea, better suited to image-conscious and mindless teenagers than to adult users of fine, well-aged photographic equipment.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
tsgrimm



Joined: 04 Apr 2004
Posts: 158
Location: SE Michigan

PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:32 pm    Post subject: Avatars Reply with quote

Dan Fromm wrote:
Avatars? Damned silly idea, better suited to image-conscious and mindless teenagers than to adult users of fine, well-aged photographic equipment.


I agree with Dan. I have seen them on other forums and they don't add anything to the subject matter.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
bd3



Joined: 09 Apr 2006
Posts: 16
Location: Kentucky

PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Again, here I also say no to avitars.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
alecj



Joined: 09 May 2001
Posts: 853
Location: Alabama

PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I, too, vote NO!

Too bad the poll feature doesn't work yet. If you are going to do it, that would really be helpful.

Les, have you tried it yet? It is at the bottom of every New Topic imput page.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Les



Joined: 09 May 2001
Posts: 2682
Location: Detroit, MI

PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This new format is as new to me as it is to you.

I've put in the info, but in the preview mode, the poll doesn't show. I even submited it, but it came up as a regular post. I also haven't figured out the "options" field yet either.

And while I've figured out what "announcement" mode is, I don't know what "sticky" mode is. Does it 'stick' to the top of the forum list?
_________________
"In order to invent, you need a good imagination and a lot of junk" Thomas Edison


Last edited by Les on Sat May 12, 2007 2:50 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Dan Fromm



Joined: 14 May 2001
Posts: 1942
Location: New Jersey

PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

alecj wrote:
I, too, vote NO!

Too bad the poll feature doesn't work yet. If you are going to do it, that would really be helpful.

Les, have you tried it yet? It is at the bottom of every New Topic imput page.
Alec, from time to time some imbecile or other launches a poll on APUG.org. They're obnoxious, even when I try to pay no attention to them. I vote against them too.

Cheers,

Dan
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Les



Joined: 09 May 2001
Posts: 2682
Location: Detroit, MI

PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Okay RTFM is always a good thing, it just took me a few days to find the FM

I think the poll is moot at this point, but at least this old dog found a new trick!
_________________
"In order to invent, you need a good imagination and a lot of junk" Thomas Edison
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
troublemaker



Joined: 24 Nov 2003
Posts: 715
Location: So Cal

PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No avitars or whatever you all them, and no polls thank you.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
clnfrd



Joined: 26 Mar 2002
Posts: 616
Location: Western Kentucky Lakes Area

PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Avatars or avitars, I really don't see the point other than to provide some sort of little ego trip to those who enjoy such things.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Graflex.org Forum Index -> Graflex.org Site Discussion All times are GMT
Goto page 1, 2  Next
Page 1 of 2

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
http://graflex.org/helpboard/viewtopic.php?t=5243&view=previous
graflex.org
crawl=CC-MAIN-2016-18
68501
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:RM3TO5OL4UATT63232KDJM67OWPWFM37
<urn:uuid:42ca6c3a-7663-4579-80cb-e523180785fa>
2016-05-03T14:28:39Z
173.164.210.105
sha1:BWIPDS4V26YMSBNHTIYW2IMFZYQSLEP2
<urn:uuid:89d9a86b-9840-4d75-8a2f-c069473b6099>
http://graflex.org/helpboard/viewtopic.php?t=5243&view=previous
response
<urn:uuid:7df17a2f-6564-4e35-830c-43d2070206e2>
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2016-18
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for April 2016
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf