Poll Created Tue 12 Mar 2013 5:25PM
Officially support animated GIFs, with opt-out Closed Wed 10 Apr 2013 10:31PM
There seems to be (qualified) support for the principle of supporting GIF animations in avatars and posts. Next step: look into how this might be accomplished, and whether it's technically feasible to do it in a way which works well for the network.
As seems to be the majority wish in the discussion so far:
- provide proper support for using animated GIFs in posts, avatars etc.
- provide users with the option to disable all animated images in their user preferences.
This seems to be the best solution which pleases both those who like animated GIFs and those who don't.
I'd suggest voting on this proposal and implementing what is voted for as soon as possible, and then deciding about other formats at a later date.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 92.3% | 12 |
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| Abstain | 7.7% | 1 |
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| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 133 |
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13 of 146 people have participated (8%)
Rasmus Fuhse
Wed 13 Mar 2013 7:48AM
The users want it - just give it.
Flaburgan
Wed 13 Mar 2013 8:23AM
Anything which stays in is ok for me.
Ivan Gabriel Morén
Wed 13 Mar 2013 6:54PM
Obviously people like them, and there are cool, arty ones too. Option to disable will be loved. I hope that the solution also will, in some way, involve that grayzone feature; hiding them until user makes an active choice to see them in action! :)
Paul Greindl
Fri 15 Mar 2013 9:45PM
Of course, what would else happen to all the kittens... :O
L3MNcakes
Fri 15 Mar 2013 10:51PM
So long as I can disable, I see no problem with this. =)
retired__-__
Fri 22 Mar 2013 9:15AM
I'm in for this, as long as with it, there comes an option to disable all flashing left and right completely.
Tom Scott
Mon 25 Mar 2013 3:42PM
Get a better computer if your browser can't support GIFs!! #yolo ;-)
theradialactive
Tue 26 Mar 2013 10:57AM
I hope there will be also a "Click-to-play" feature like on makr.io, if I really want to see a gif.
goob · Tue 12 Mar 2013 5:22PM
I'm the same. That's why I think it makes sense to enable animated GIFs but give users the option to disable them in user preferences.
Everyone, there seems to be consensus on this, shall we have a proposal and a quick vote?