Let's turn off smilies - Page 2

Apocalypse · June 25, 2003, 17:20

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Originally posted by rah
Yeah, you're right, almost 1800 post means you hardly post at all.

Just what purpose does having 12 group logos listed serve for you? I'm just curious.

Most of those posts are from many months ago, not recently.

And the groups just built up and I never get around to taking out the old ones.

alva · June 25, 2003, 17:29

You are even listing/wearing groups that no longer exist

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IIRC that's usually a browser issue............I get it with Opera sometimes.

I doubt it, I only get it when there is heavy trafic (IE6)

rah · June 25, 2003, 17:35

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Originally posted by Apocalypse
And the groups just built up and I never get around to taking out the old ones.

Well, maybe you should

Apocalypse · June 25, 2003, 17:37

How about I get around to it if the smilies are turned off?

Snowflake · June 25, 2003, 17:52

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Originally posted by panag
hi ,

if we ged rid of them , then the next thread is bound to be " lets turn off icons " , .......

have a nice day

No. The next thread will be "let turn ON smilies".

DrSpike · June 25, 2003, 19:21

I haven't noticed them disappear...........and they are still here now.

Skanky Burns · June 25, 2003, 20:15

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Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Is it just me or do smiley animations stop when 'Poly's server is being used a lot?

It could be that the smiley hasn't finished loading all the frames, so doesn't play. Or one or more frames weren't transferred properly and Settler2 was under too much stress to be bothered fixing it.

vovan · June 25, 2003, 21:21

I'd think avatars take a little bit more bandwidth than smileys. And what purpose do they serve any way. Turn 'em off!

I don't think turning off smileys would cause any noticeable improvement in performance, but I could, of course, be wrong.

EDIT: Pfft, It looks from other threads that the avatars have already been turned off for a while... Of course, I wouldn't know, as I turned them off through the control panel, but that kinda ruins the little bit of sarcasm up there.

Ben Kenobi · June 25, 2003, 22:07

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I wouldn't know, as I turned them off through the control panel,

I've seen your avatar. Why would you want to have an avatar, when you turn them off?

Skanky Burns · June 25, 2003, 22:31

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Originally posted by vovansim
And what purpose do they serve any way.

You are able to tell at a glance who wrote what. And much easier than reading the name text.

Andemagne · June 25, 2003, 22:36

Let's not.

St Leo · June 25, 2003, 23:14

I agree with the proposal. ASCII smileys look much cooler than graphical ones anyway.

DanQ · June 25, 2003, 23:30

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Originally posted by Apocalypse
Seriously. It was fun back in the day when we didn't have pictures in place of text. We could save bandwidth and bathe in nostalgia.

This option has been considered in the past, and again in the present. The decision now remains the same as it was then: smilies will not be disabled for the time being.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Ben Kenobi · June 26, 2003, 01:22

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You are able to tell at a glance who wrote what. And much easier than reading the name text.

I can get so confused when everyone has the same flag in a thread, as to who posts what.

Rhothaerill · June 26, 2003, 01:47

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Originally posted by DanQ
This option has been considered in the past, and again in the present. The decision now remains the same as it was then: smilies will not be disabled for the time being.
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Dan; Apolyton CS

And that should end this discussion.

Thanks Dan.

Skanky Burns · June 26, 2003, 06:50

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Originally posted by Rhothaerill
And that should end this discussion.

Wishful thinking.

But it is good to know we at least will be keeping our smilies for the time being.
Thanks Dan.

Urban Ranger · June 26, 2003, 08:57

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Originally posted by St Leo
I agree with the proposal. ASCII smileys look much cooler than graphical ones anyway.

But much less recognisable at a glance.

rah · June 26, 2003, 09:03

Yeah, the avatars do assist in poster recognition. The flags were nice at first, but I could live without them.

Apocalypse · June 26, 2003, 10:27

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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
But much less recognisable at a glance.

Heaven forbid we remove something that detracts from actual CONTENT.

Chilean President™ · June 26, 2003, 12:50

Apocalypse, you actually have some kind of avatar with such many civ group icons.

mrmitchell · June 26, 2003, 13:19

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This option has been considered in the past, and again in the present. The decision now remains the same as it was then: smilies will not be disabled for the time being.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

The Dan has spoken, all hail The Dan.

turn off smileys

DrSpike · June 26, 2003, 13:28

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Originally posted by Chilean President
Apocalypse, you actually have some kind of avatar with such many civ group icons.

Probably the point. Perhaps Mark should remove his actual avatar.

Apocalypse · June 26, 2003, 13:43

Prehaps Mark should remove the avatar since Zylka made it.

Speaking of Zylka, he agrees with me on this issue. We were just talking about that party smiley. What's up with that? Zylka mentioned it looks like a bunch of dancing 7 up spots. It's not even a real smiley.

GhengisFarb™ · June 26, 2003, 13:52

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Originally posted by rah
Yeah, the avatars do assist in poster recognition. The flags were nice at first, but I could live without them.

I could live without flags.

I am concerned with these anti-smilie activists. First they'll take our smilies. Then they'll take our avatars. Then they'll take our abilty to post text.

We have to draw the line, before its too late.