Remove user avatars

[MJ5150]

Since the inception of animated GIF's for avatars, I chose the option to hide avatars, as shown in the screenshot.
However, I still see every avatar. I logged out, logged back in, still see avatars.
Cleared cache, tried another browser, still see avatars.
I use Google Chrome, the latest version on a Windows 10 Pro PC.
I tested on Internet Explorer.
On my Android phone using Chrome, I also still saw avatars there.
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there another place to change the settings for displaying avatars?



-Mike

 

[paul]

I'll look into why the setting isn't working any longer. But you shouldn't see any animated GIF avatars - unless folks found a way around the restriction?

 

[MJ5150]

I'll look into why the setting isn't working any longer. But you shouldn't see any animated GIF avatars - unless folks found a way around the restriction?

They have, at least in OT.
There are many.

-Mike

 

[Gorn]

I'll look into why the setting isn't working any longer. But you shouldn't see any animated GIF avatars - unless folks found a way around the restriction?

We can now have .gif avatars!

It's all the rage with the kids these days.

 

[paul]

We can now have .gif avatars!

It's all the rage with the kids these days.

Oh no!

 

[MJ5150]

Yes, I agree.

-Mike

 

[charlie monroe]

Thank you @MJ5150 for making this thread.

And @paul, if you are going to make them disappear, my thanks in advance as well.

 

[beaglesandbass]

I was going to come here and ask if some setting could be put in place that gifs don't animate while using the mobile version of the site.

 

[Selta]

Seriously... I don't mind avatars, but gif ones are terrible for UX. Please get the option for not showing avatars working, or remove the ability for gif ones

 

[paul]

Since the inception of animated GIF's for avatars, I chose the option to hide avatars, as shown in the screenshot.
However, I still see every avatar. I logged out, logged back in, still see avatars.
Cleared cache, tried another browser, still see avatars.
I use Google Chrome, the latest version on a Windows 10 Pro PC.
I tested on Internet Explorer.
On my Android phone using Chrome, I also still saw avatars there.
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there another place to change the settings for displaying avatars?



-Mike

Ok, the setting to hide avatars should now be working. If not please let me know what style you're using and if you're on desktop/mobile.

As for animated gifs, it's a tough call for me. We switched to a more advanced image processor (Imagemagick) that does a better job of resizing and compressing images for us - but it also allows animaged gifs, and there's no toggle that I've found to turn off that ability.

Will continue to look into this -

Thanks!

 

[Selta]

Ok, the setting to hide avatars should now be working. If not please let me know what style you're using and if you're on desktop/mobile.

Seems to work fine on desktop. Thank you!

 

[MJ5150]

Ok, the setting to hide avatars should now be working. If not please let me know what style you're using and if you're on desktop/mobile.

As for animated gifs, it's a tough call for me. We switched to a more advanced image processor (Imagemagick) that does a better job of resizing and compressing images for us - but it also allows animaged gifs, and there's no toggle that I've found to turn off that ability.

Will continue to look into this -

Thanks!

No avatars for me once I click on a thread. Much better.
Thank you Paul.
If there is a way to disable only animated avatars, that would be awesome.

-Mike