ditherfish Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 The new look is so cool I hate to criticise. But may I humbly suggest that having an entire column of wiggling fish down the left hand side of the forum lists is distracting. A moving icon shoudl impart additional information- or urgent information. Having all the icons move is the graphic equivalent of using the <blink> tag. Remember the early days of the web? Yuch! Anyway- Having the icons wiggle to show NEW posts or UNREAD posts is somewhat useful- but what is the purpose of having the icon for READ forums wiggle? I admit to having a KISS bias- and would dispense with animated gifs altogether except for URGENT or CRITICAL info postings. However- if the READ fishies didn't wiggle- then I could scan down the list easily- and spot the wiggling fish to see unread posts. As it is- I have a hard time- too much wiggling! And now- to make my point about not using animated gifs- I'm going to use one. :chair: :boom: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 To tell you the truth i never even noticed they wiggled. I had to go back and check to make sure. But i do agree that if they are going to wiggle it would best better if only the icons that are showing unread messages wiggled. That way they are wiggling for a reason. But i never even noticed they wiggled in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 Why can't I see any animated gifs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 you can't see that the fish that are used to mark the forums are animated? can you see the animated smilies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 No. Nothing moving on my end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmike Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Well.....if it were that easy, as it may be for someone who knows what they are doing with stuff like that, then it may be possible to have what you are suggesting. However, I don't really know how to un-animate them for certain instances, such as "no new posts". If you know how to do it, maybe you can suggest to me how you think it can be done and I will see what I can do about it. Sorry you don't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABwildrose Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 actually, I love them!!! They are a completely different fish to indicate an unread thread. Very easy to understand....you just have notice the color difference. The fish he picked are very cute too. I have to go back to check again...but they look like corys. I think of it as being a panda cory to indicate a "read thread"...and a striped cory to indicate one I havent read yet. I find it even easier to tell the difference than the little envelopes were. Wonderful job!!!!!! :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasper Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 I like them too. I don't find them distracting at all. However, I think the pooing horse smiley should be added to the clickable smiley list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmike Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 I like them too. I don't find them distracting at all.However, I think the pooing horse smiley should be added to the clickable smiley list. Done. :poo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditherfish Posted November 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 However, I don't really know how to un-animate them for certain instances, such as "no new posts". If you know how to do it, maybe you can suggest to me how you think it can be done and I will see what I can do about it. Perhaps the easiest way would be to edit the actual gif file, in this case: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/fre...trope-ani1r.gif and replace atrope-ani12.gif with a non animated version. I've attached one. If you used some kind of scheme or skin installer, then the simplest thing to do would be to replace the file witha an identically named one (make a back up first). If you can specify the file individually, then you could use the file provided as is. The decision is yours. I like the site as it is- as I said. It is cool- but I think it would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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